Collocations for "grading"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "grading" in context.
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grade
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.n
- got [good, bad, high, low] grades this [year, semester]
- get [good] grades in school
- got a [good] grade in [math]
- got a [good] grade on the [test, exam, paper, project]
- need to [improve, work on] my grades
- your grades came today
- what grade did I get?
- had her grade [reviewed, corrected, marked down]
- teaches [3rd] grade
- she is in [5th] grade
- [failed, passed, skipped] [5th] grade
- had to repeat [5th] grade
- had to take [5th] grade [over, again]
- will be in [5th] grade (next year)
- he is in grade [5]
- is in the grade below me
- the [actress, singer, player] failed to make the grade
- a [steep, shallow] grade
- the grade is getting [steeper]
- the grade is too [steep]
- a [3%] grade
- a grade of [3%]
- [fine, coarse] salt grades
- quality grades of [steel, accommodation]
- [a management, a clerical, an executive] grade
- is (still) in grade school
- my grade point average
- [reads, writes] at a [5th] -grade level
- did a grade A job (on)
- US: grade the [paper, exam, homework]
- US: was grading [papers] until [midnight]
- US: graded and returned
- grade the [performance, efficiency] of
- [students, candidates, you] will be graded
- will be graded on your [performance, content]
- graded on [financial results, service levels, delivery times]
- graded by the [government, teacher]
- graded in [conformance, accordance] with
- grade the [company, product]
- grade [eggs, dairy products]
- grade the [driveway, road]
- the road grades [steeply, slightly, somewhat]
'grading' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):