failing grade

collocation in English

meaningsoffailingandgrade

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failing
adjective
uk
/ˈfeɪ.lɪŋ/us
/ˈfeɪ.lɪŋ/
becoming weaker or ...
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grade
noun[C]
uk
/ɡreɪd/us
/ɡreɪd/
a level of quality, size, ...
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(Definition offailingandgradefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesoffailing grade

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Students who get afailinggradeof 2, have two more chances to pass an examination.
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This makes it evident from the transcript why thefailinggradewas assigned.
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Thus, it is now divided between 4, thefailinggrade, and 510, the succeeding grades.
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After 2 hours and 39 minutes, her effort only gets her afailinggrade.
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The students need to have a grade point average of at least 70% and can not have afailinggrade.
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A persistent but untrue campus legend holds that the building's design was a student project that received afailinggrade.
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Any athlete finishing two consecutive quarters of study with afailinggradeare ineligible for athletic participation.
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Any student who earns afailinggradein one full credit course will become ineligible to participate for a period of one week.
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At the university level, only grades 1, 2 and 3 are passing; anything worse than 3 is automatically afailinggrade.
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He was very apt, once smarter than his teacher, which led to his teacher giving him afailinggradeto make him repeat the school year.
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Sometimes this technique is employed by individuals who wish to take a specific course without the risk of under-performance resulting in a poor orfailinggrade.
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Regardless of the absolute performance of the students, the best score in the group receives a top grade, and the worst score receives afailinggrade.
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Prior to the class of 2010, a diploma candidate could receive afailinggradein either the extended essay or theory of knowledge and still be awarded a diploma.
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