GRADE POINT AVERAGE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does grade point average mean? 

• GRADE POINT AVERAGE (noun)
  The noun GRADE POINT AVERAGE has 1 sense:

1. a measure of a student's academic achievement at a college or university; calculated by dividing the total number of grade points received by the total number attempted

  Familiarity information: GRADE POINT AVERAGE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• GRADE POINT AVERAGE (noun)

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Meaning:

A measure of a student's academic achievement at a college or university; calculated by dividing the total number of grade points received by the total number attempted

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

GPA; grade point average

Hypernyms ("grade point average" is a kind of...):

criterion; measure; standard; touchstone (a basis for comparison; a reference point against which other things can be evaluated)