grade
Performance on a test or other evaluation(s), expressed by a number, letter, or other symbol; a score.
Example
“He got a good grade on the test.”
Other meanings
A degree or level of something; a position within a scale; a degree of quality.
Degree (any of the three stages (positive, comparative, superlative) in the comparison of an adjective or an adverb).
Example sentences
Word history
From Latin "gradus" (a step, pace, degree).
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “grade” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.