What does grad in Swedish mean?

What is the meaning of the word grad in Swedish? The article explains the full meaning, pronunciation along with bilingual examples and instructions on how to use grad in Swedish.

The word grad in Swedish means degree, grad, antal, tal, proportion, grad, grad, rank, pinnhål, grad, klass, grad, grad, grad, gradvis, stegvis, grad, rang, graderad, mycket, mycket, i högsta grad, i den mån, ytterst, synnerligen, i högsta grad, allra högsta grad, så, så till den grad, löjtnant, till viss del, till en viss del, till viss utsträckning, till viss grad, till en viss grad, i full utsträckning, till vilken grad, i vilken grad, höjden. To learn more, please see the details below.

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Meaning of the word grad

degree

grad

(temperature)

Femton grader Celsius är ungefär det samma som sextio grader Fahrenheit.
Fifteen degrees Celsius is roughly equivalent to sixty degrees Fahrenheit.

antal, tal

(measurement, ratio)

Födelsetalet (or: Födelseantalet) ökar stadigt.
The birth rate is steadily increasing.

proportion

(relative rate)

The ratio of female to male students on this course is 3 to 1.

grad

(military: position, title)

Nicholas har graden major.
Nicholas has the rank of major.

grad

(of an angle) (geometri)

En rak vinkel är nittio grader.
A right angle is ninety degrees.

rank

(level, rank)

Joe hoppas på att bli befordrad för att få en högre rank.
Joe is hoping to get promoted to a higher grade.

pinnhål

(figurative (level) (vardagligt, bildligt)

The coach decided to take the team's training up a notch.

grad

(rough edge left by a tool)

The final step is to polish off the burr left by the saw.

klass

(quality)

Their cooking is of the highest order.

grad

(classification: burns)

She had third degree burns over half of her body.

grad

(classification: crime)

He was being prosecuted for second-degree murder.

grad

(rank)

He was a Knight of Columbus, fourth degree.

gradvis, stegvis

(stage)

I grew wearier by degrees as he continued his monologue.

grad, rang

(US (navy or coast guard rank)

graderad

(military: ranked)

Officers' positions are graded, and as they move forward in their career they can advance to higher-graded jobs..

mycket

(very much)

Don greatly regretted having to leave his family when he joined the military.

mycket

(very much)

The heavily loaded truck slowly drove up the hill.

i högsta grad

(to an excessive degree)

He was rude in the extreme.

i den mån

(to the extent that, in that)

Both ideas, insofar as they can be called 'ideas', are equally preposterous.

ytterst, synnerligen, i högsta grad

(to the greatest extent)

Han skrev ytterst (or: synnerligen) tydligt och hans uppsats var väldigt övertygande.
He wrote most clearly, and his essay was persuasive.

allra högsta grad

(informal (greatest or utmost extent)

The guitarist takes the music to the nth degree.

(intensifier: very)

Den killen ser så bra ut!
That guy is so good looking!

så till den grad

(to such a degree that)

löjtnant

(military rank below lieutenant)

till viss del, till en viss del

(to some degree)

I agree with you to a certain extent, but not entirely.

till viss utsträckning

(to a certain degree)

I'm only happy with the job you did to an extent.

till viss grad, till en viss grad

(to a certain extent)

Intelligence is determined to some degree by genetics.

i full utsträckning

(to the maximum degree)

till vilken grad, i vilken grad

(to what degree)

We know that schools will be targeted in the upcoming budget cuts, but we do not yet know to what extent.

höjden

(final, most extreme) (höjden av något)

She considered silk sheets the ultimate in luxury.

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