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make the grade

make the grade
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [meyk stressed th ee greyd]
    • /meɪk stressed ði greɪd/
    • /meɪk ðə ɡreɪd/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [meyk stressed th ee greyd]
    • /meɪk stressed ði greɪd/

Definitions of make the grade words

  • noun make the grade a degree or step in a scale, as of rank, advancement, quality, value, or intensity: the best grade of paper. 1
  • noun make the grade a class of persons or things of the same relative rank, quality, etc. 1
  • noun make the grade a step or stage in a course or process. 1
  • noun make the grade a single division of a school classified according to the age or progress of the pupils. In the U.S., public schools are commonly divided into twelve grades below college. 1
  • noun make the grade the pupils in such a division. 1
  • noun make the grade grades, elementary school (usually preceded by the): He first began teaching in the grades. 1
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Origin of make the grade

First appearance:

before 1505
One of the 26% oldest English words
1505-15; < French: office < Latin gradus step, stage, degree, derivative of gradī to go, step, walk

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Parts of speech for Make the grade

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Full grammatical hierarchy of Make the grade

make the grade popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 100% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

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Synonyms for make the grade

verb make the grade

  • prosper — to be successful or fortunate, especially in financial respects; thrive; flourish.
  • accomplish — If you accomplish something, you succeed in doing it.
  • succeed — to happen or terminate according to desire; turn out successfully; have the desired result: Our efforts succeeded.
  • score — the record of points or strokes made by the competitors in a game or match.
  • flourish — to be in a vigorous state; thrive: a period in which art flourished.
All 220 Synonyms of make the grade

Antonyms for make the grade

verb make the grade

  • languish — to be or become weak or feeble; droop; fade.
  • disappear — to cease to be seen; vanish from sight.
  • fail — to fall short of success or achievement in something expected, attempted, desired, or approved: The experiment failed because of poor planning.
  • lose — to come to be without (something in one's possession or care), through accident, theft, etc., so that there is little or no prospect of recovery: I'm sure I've merely misplaced my hat, not lost it.
  • depart — When something or someone departs from a place, they leave it and start a journey to another place.
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