ALL meanings of make the grade
make the grade
M m - 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
- noun make the grade a letter, number, or other symbol indicating the relative quality of a student's work in a course, examination, or special assignment; mark. 1
- noun make the grade a classification or standard of food based on quality, size, etc.: grade A milk. 1
- noun make the grade inclination with the horizontal of a road, railroad, etc., usually expressed by stating the vertical rise or fall as a percentage of the horizontal distance; slope. 1
- noun make the grade Building Trades.. Also called grade line. the level at which the ground intersects the foundation of a building. 1
- noun make the grade an animal resulting from a cross between a parent of ordinary stock and one of a pure breed. 1
- noun make the grade Mathematics. grad2 . 1
- verb with object make the grade to arrange in a series of grades; class; sort: a machine that grades two thousand eggs per hour. 1
- verb with object make the grade to determine the grade of. 1
- verb with object make the grade to assign a grade to (a student's work); mark: I graded forty tests last night. 1
- verb with object make the grade to cause to pass by degrees, as from one color or shade to another. 1
- verb with object make the grade to reduce to a level or to practicable degrees of inclination: to grade a road. 1
- verb with object make the grade to cross (an ordinary or low-grade animal) with an animal of a pure or superior breed. 1
- verb without object make the grade to incline; slant or slope: The road grades steeply for a mile. 1
- verb without object make the grade to be of a particular grade or quality. 1
- verb without object make the grade to pass by degrees from one color or shade to another; blend: See how the various colors grade into one another. 1
- idioms make the grade at grade, on the same level: A railroad crosses a highway at grade. (of a stream bed) so adjusted to conditions of slope and the volume and speed of water that no gain or loss of sediment takes place. 1
- idioms make the grade make the grade, to attain a specific goal; succeed: He'll never make the grade in medical school. 1
- idioms make the grade up to grade, of the desired or required quality: This shipment is not up to grade. 1
- phrase make the grade If someone makes the grade, they succeed, especially by reaching a particular standard. 0
- noun make the grade to reach the required standard 0
- noun make the grade to succeed 0
- noun make the grade to get to the top of a steep incline 0
- noun make the grade to overcome obstacles and succeed 0