(US, education) The period in school that comes after eighth grade and before tenth grade.

(US, education) The period in school that comes after first grade and before third grade.

Of high quality, particularly good.

(education) A gradual upward trend in grades awarded to students during the decades since the mid-20th century, reported in a number of countries and at a number of levels of schooling and sometimes offered as evidence of a decline in academic standards.

A level indicating a base salary (in the US applying to military and government employees).

(Indo-European linguistics) In Proto-Indo-European linguistics, an ablaut form of a root characterised by the presence of the */e/ phoneme.

(Indo-European linguistics) In Proto-Indo-European linguistics, an ablaut form of a Proto-Indo-European root, characterised by the presence of the */o/ vowel phoneme in place of */e/.

(Indo-European linguistics) In Proto-Indo-European linguistics, an ablaut form of a root characterized by the absence of the basic ablauting vowel phonemes */e/ and */o/.

plural of grade school

plural of eleventh grade