Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

overgrade

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
over-grade
IPA
14
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Having the truss above the roadway.

verb

To award too high a grade to a student or a piece of work.

Etymology

From over- + grade.

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

overgrades (present, singular) overgrading (participle, present) overgraded (participle, past) overgraded (past)

Frequently Paired Words

at-grade undergrade

Questions

What does overgrade mean?
Having the truss above the roadway.
Where does overgrade come from?
From over- + grade.

How to pronounce overgrade

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