Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

regrade

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.42 in modern English

Syllables: re-grade
IPA

9

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To grade again, give a new grade or grading to.

Transitive verb

verb

To regroup or reassign.

Transitive verb

verb

To change the classification of (potentially secret documentation).

American usage; Transitive verb

verb

To retire or recede.

Obsolete

noun

The act or process of grading again.

Example Sentences

"Before the new station could be built, a private overbridge had to be raised, and the railway regraded."
"Two other landslips took place in a cutting where the sides were built too steeply to withstand wet weather. Engineers regraded the slope to make them shallower."
"There are no regrades in this class: your mark is final."

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Italic *wre- Latin re-der. Old French re-bor. Middle English re- English re- English grade English regrade From re- + grade.

Usage

Inflected Forms

regrades (present, singular) regrading (participle, present) regraded (participle, past) regraded (past) regrades (plural)

Derived Forms

regrader

Questions

What does regrade mean?: To grade again, give a new grade or grading to.
Where does regrade come from?: Etymology tree Proto-Italic *wre- Latin re-der. Old French re-bor. Middle English re- English re- English grade English regrade From re- + grade.

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