1. a person who evaluates and assigns grades to student work
2. a student in a particular grade level
Usage: used in compounds
3. a heavy machine used to level and smooth roads or ground
Usage: construction equipment

Examples

• The teaching assistant worked as a grader for the professor’s large lecture course.
• She hired several graders to help evaluate the final exams.
• My daughter is a third grader at the elementary school.
• The fifth graders are preparing for their science fair projects.
• The construction crew used a grader to smooth the dirt road.
• The road grader cleared snow from the highway during the storm.