GRADING

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does grading mean? 

• GRADING (noun)
  The noun GRADING has 3 senses:

1. the act of arranging in a graduated series

2. changing the ground level to a smooth horizontal or gently sloping surface

3. evaluation of performance by assigning a grade or score

  Familiarity information: GRADING used as a noun is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• GRADING (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The act of arranging in a graduated series

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

grading; scaling

Hypernyms ("grading" is a kind of...):

order; ordering (the act of putting things in a sequential arrangement)

Derivation:

grade (assign a rank or rating to)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Changing the ground level to a smooth horizontal or gently sloping surface

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

grading; leveling

Hypernyms ("grading" is a kind of...):

building; construction (the act of constructing something)

Derivation:

grade (level to the right gradient)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Evaluation of performance by assigning a grade or score

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

grading; marking; scoring

Context example:

what he disliked about teaching was all the grading he had to do

Hypernyms ("grading" is a kind of...):

evaluation; rating (act of ascertaining or fixing the value or worth of)

Derivation:

grade (determine the grade of or assign a grade to)

grade (assign a grade or rank to, according to one's evaluation)

 Context examples 

Grading plays a role in treatment decisions.

(Grading, NCI Dictionary)

Nuclear atypia corresponds to a nuclear score of 2 or three in the Elston-Ellis grading system.

(High Grade Mouse MIN, NCI Thesaurus/MMHCC)

The Glucksberg scale is a severity index for grading acute graft-versus-host disease (GVHD) after allogeneic marrow transplantation.

(Glucksberg Scale, NCI Thesaurus)

The score derived from universally embraced prostate cancer grading system developed by Dr. Donald F. Gleason in 1977.

(Gleason Score for Prostate Cancer, NCI Thesaurus)

Grading systems are different for each type of cancer.

(Histologic grade, NCI Dictionary)

Certain types of cancers, such as soft tissue sarcoma, primary brain tumors, lymphomas, and breast have special grading systems.

(Histologic grade, NCI Thesaurus)

WHO grading system recognizes two malignancy grades: WHO grade II for well-differentiated tumors (oligodendroglioma) and WHO grade III for anaplastic oligodendroglioma.

(Oligodendroglial tumor, NCI Thesaurus/Adapted from WHO)

A classification system for grading myasthenia gravis that divides the disease into 5 main classes and several subclasses.

(Myasthenia Classification System, NCI Thesaurus)

A classification system for grading pathological remission based purely on microscopic assessment.

(Miller and Payne Classification, NCI Thesaurus)

Nuclear atypia corresponds to a nuclear score of one in the Elston-Ellis grading system.

(Low Grade Mouse MIN, NCI Thesaurus/MMHCC)