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grading
CIDE DICTIONARY
grading, n.
The act or method of arranging in or by grade, or of bringing, as the surface of land or a road, to the desired level or grade. [1913 Webster]
THESAURUS
grading
analysis, arrangement, cataloging, categorization, classification, codification, division, filing, gradation, graduation, grouping, indexing, pigeonholing, placement, ranging, ranking, rating, shading, sorting, stratification, subdivision, tabulation, taxonomy, typologyFor further exploring for "grading" in Webster Dictionary Online