-grade

suffix

Describes a specified way of walking or locomotion, especially according to the limbs or organs utilized.

OriginLatin gradus →
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Meanings

suffix-grade (adjective-forming suffix, not comparable)

plural -grades

  1. not comparablebiologyDescribes a specified way of walking or locomotion, especially according to the limbs or organs utilized.
  2. not comparableDescribes a specified direction.
  3. not comparablerareDescribes a variation along a scale or gradient.

Origin

  1. Latingradus“step, degree”
  2. English-grade

From Latin gradus (“step, degree”) and gradior (“walk”).

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APA

-grade. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/-grade

MLA

“-grade.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/-grade. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “-grade,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/-grade.

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