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GRADATE

• GRADATE (verb)
The verb GRADATE has 2 senses:

1. arrange according to grades
2. pass imperceptibly from one degree, shade, or tone into another

Familiarity information: GRADATE used as a verb is rare.

• GRADATE (verb)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

Arrange according to grades

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Context example:

These lines are gradated

Hypernyms (to "gradate" is one way to...):

arrange; set up (put into a proper or systematic order)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Sense 2

gradate ^{[BACK TO TOP]}

Meaning:

Pass imperceptibly from one degree, shade, or tone into another

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Context example:

The paint on these walls gradates but you don't see it

Hypernyms (to "gradate" is one way to...):

change (undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature)

Sentence frame:

Something ----s

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