Course and Grade

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Course noun - A body of students who are taught together.

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Grade is a synonym for course. In some cases you can use "Grade" instead a noun "Course".

Nearby Words: coursed, coursing, courser, courseware

Grade noun - A body of students who are taught together.

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Course is a synonym for grade. Sometimes you can use "Course" instead a noun "Grade".

Nearby Words: graded, gradation, graduation, grading, grader

good	good course	good grade
special	special course	special grade
best	best course	best grade
particular	particular course	particular grade
Other adjectives: better, right, certain, current, original, due, single, actual, entire, real, black, possible, military, worst, next, different, literal.

You will note, however, that it's a single exam of the course which determines your final grade, not multiple aspects of the course, one of which is disproportionately graded.

Source: Golden Snitch
Of course, it is common knowledge that "everybody gets A's in grad school" because grades are not important enough for professors to bother with a competitive grade curve.

Source: The B Grade
In an early episode of Family Matters, Laura finds out on her progress report (not even her final grade for the semester!) was going to be a B in one course.

Source: The B Grade

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