1. able to be graded or assigned a grade
Usage: education
2. capable of being arranged in degrees or levels
Usage: linguistics

Examples

• The teacher explained that participation is gradable and counts toward the final score.
• All homework assignments are gradable components of the course.
• In linguistics, adjectives like ‘tall’ are gradable because you can be very tall or somewhat tall.
• Color terms are typically gradable, allowing for degrees like ‘very red’ or ‘slightly blue’.
• The professor noted that attendance is not gradable in this class.
• Gradable adjectives can be modified by adverbs of degree.