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Synonyms for grading

One audited sense, one true synonym, and three words that come close enough to cost you the rung.

Tier 3, Ridgeline · 1 sense · noun · Reason line included

The sensenounTier 3, RidgelineActions

evaluation of performance by assigning a grade or score

What he disliked about teaching was all the grading he had to do.

The sentence the app shows, and the only thing that settles which meaning is meant.

The true synonym

marking

Same sentence, swapped: What he disliked about teaching was all the marking he had to do.

Close but different

These are the other three tiles the game puts on screen for this sense. Each one is a real word with a real meaning, and none of them is a synonym for grading as it is used in the sentence above.

scaling
leveling
shading

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