[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

grade \grade\, v. t. imp.  p. p. graded; p. pr.  vb. n.
   grading.
   1. to arrange in order, steps, or degrees, according to size,
      quality, rank, etc.
      1913 webster

   2. to reduce to a level, or to an evenly progressive ascent,
      as the line of a canal or road.
      1913 webster

   3. stock breeding to cross with some better breed; to
      improve the blood of.
      1913 webster
see also:
graded grading 

[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

graded \graded\ adj.
   1. ordered by some quantitative ranking; as, reading tests of
      graded difficulty.

   syn: ordered, ranked.
        wordnet 1.5

   2. leveled and drained but not paved; -- of roads.

   syn: graveled.
        wordnet 1.5

[3] : WordNet (r) 2.0

graded
     adj : arranged in a sequence of grades or ranks; "stratified areas
           of the distribution" syn: ranked, stratified
see also:
ranked stratified 

[4] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

38 moby thesaurus words for "graded":
   aligned, arranged, arrayed, assorted, cataloged, categorized,
   classified, composed, constituted, disposed, filed, fixed, grouped,
   harmonized, hierarchic, indexed, marshaled, methodized, normalized,
   on file, ordered, orderly, organized, pigeonholed, placed,
   pyramidal, ranged, ranked, rated, regularized, regulated,
   routinized, sorted, standardized, stratified, synchronized,
   systematized, tabular

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