Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

grade point average

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.59 in modern English

Syllables: grade -point av-er-age
IPA

25

Scrabble Score

17

Letters

4

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The overall average grade of all courses taken at a particular time.

Example Sentences

"It’s a school where a student who passed three classes in four years, ranks near the top half of his class with a 0.13 grade point average."

Inflected Forms

grade point averages (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

cume

Synonyms

GPA

Questions

What does grade point average mean?: The overall average grade of all courses taken at a particular time.

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