Grading

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
grading
    n 1: the act of arranging in a graduated series [syn: {scaling},
         {grading}]
    2: changing the ground level to a smooth horizontal or gently
       sloping surface [syn: {grading}, {leveling}]
    3: evaluation of performance by assigning a grade or score;
       "what he disliked about teaching was all the grading he had
       to do" [syn: {marking}, {grading}, {scoring}]
from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Grading \Grad"ing\, n.
   The act or method of arranging in or by grade, or of
   bringing, as the surface of land or a road, to the desired
   level or grade.
   [1913 Webster]
from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Grade \Grade\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Graded}; p. pr. & vb. n.
   {Grading}.]
   1. To arrange in order, steps, or degrees, according to size,
      quality, rank, etc.
      [1913 Webster]

   2. To reduce to a level, or to an evenly progressive ascent,
      as the line of a canal or road.
      [1913 Webster]

   3. (Stock Breeding) To cross with some better breed; to
      improve the blood of.
      [1913 Webster]
from Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
24 Moby Thesaurus words for "grading":
      analysis, arrangement, cataloging, categorization, classification,
      codification, division, filing, gradation, graduation, grouping,
      indexing, pigeonholing, placement, ranging, ranking, rating,
      shading, sorting, stratification, subdivision, tabulation,
      taxonomy, typology
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