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high-grade

high-grade
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [hahy greyd]
    • /haɪ greɪd/
    • /haɪ ɡreɪd/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [hahy greyd]
    • /haɪ greɪd/

Definitions of high-grade word

  • adjective high-grade of excellent or superior quality. 1
  • adjective high-grade (of ore) yielding a relatively large amount of the metal for which it is mined. 1
  • verb with object high-grade to steal (rich ore) from a mine. 1
  • noun high-grade metal: density 1
  • adjective high-grade of a higher than average standard or quality 0
  • adjective high-grade of fine or superior quality 0

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Origin of high-grade

First appearance:

before 1875
One of the 25% newest English words
First recorded in 1875-80

Historical Comparancy

Parts of speech for High-grade

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

high-grade popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 39% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
According to our data most of word are more popular. This word is almost not used. It has a much more popular synonym.

Synonyms for high-grade

adj high-grade

  • state-of-the-art — the latest and most sophisticated or advanced stage of a technology, art, or science.
  • capital — Capital is a large sum of money which you use to start a business, or which you invest in order to make more money.
  • cardinal — A cardinal is a high-ranking priest in the Catholic church.
  • chief — The chief of an organization is the person who is in charge of it.
  • crackerjack — Someone or something that is crackerjack is excellent or of very high quality.

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