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• n  relative position in a graded series
  subtle gradations in color
• n  a degree of ablaut
• n  the act of arranging in grades

• After gradation in 1980, he went back to his home in Bellevue, Wash.
• He'd give him every gradation all the way up.
• The strength of each in arms already acquired may be seen from the following gradation: PVO, Red Guard, Red Flag, Red Shirt, Galon, Red Peacock.

• step
• grade
• graduation

News & Articles

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• Proctor graduates told to 'continue to be curious'
   Even donning the red cap and gown, gradation still didn’t feel real for Jazmyn Duff. “I’m still settling into reality,” said the 17-year-old Utican. “Even the last day of school wasn’t the last day of school.”Duff was one of about 500 students who graduated Friday from Thomas R. Proctor High School in Utica.
  June 21, 2013 - The Observer-Dispatch

Quotes

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• John Lennon in Gatorsports.com
  I think we have people's attention,Lennon said. "We've increased the academic standards and we've increased the consequences. I think we can say with great confidence that gradation rates for athletes will continue to improve."
• Manmohan Singh in Hindu
  There is a problem regarding high dropouts. It means quality of education under the SSA needs up-gradation,Singh said, while launching the first phase of Goa Broadband Network project here.
• Liam Donaldson in CNN
  We agree with the United States that some sort of staged-process or gradation would be particularly practical,said Liam Donaldson, Britain's chief medical officer.