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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
graded \graded\ adjective
1. ordered by some quantitative ranking; as, Reading tests of graded difficulty.
Syn: ordered, ranked. [WordNet 1.5]
2. leveled and drained but not paved; -- of roads.
Syn: graveled. [WordNet 1.5]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Grade \Grade\, verb (used with an object) [imp. & p. p. {Graded}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Grading}.]
1. To arrange in order, steps, or degrees, according to size, quality, rank, etc.
2. To reduce to a level, or to an evenly progressive ascent, as the line of a canal or road.
3. (Stock Breeding) To cross with some better breed; to improve the blood of.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
graded
adjective: arranged in a sequence of grades or ranks; "stratified areas of the distribution" [syn: {ranked}, {stratified}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
38 Moby Thesaurus words for "graded": aligned, arranged, arrayed, assorted, cataloged, categorized, classified, composed, constituted, disposed, filed, fixed, grouped, harmonized, hierarchic, indexed, marshaled, methodized, normalized, on file, ordered, orderly, organized, pigeonholed, placed, pyramidal, ranged, ranked, rated, regularized, regulated, routinized, sorted, standardized, stratified, synchronized, systematized, tabular
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