1. 
[syn: graded, ranked, stratified]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Grade \Grade\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Graded; p. pr. & vb. n.
   Grading.]
   1. To arrange in order, steps, or degrees, according to size,
      quality, rank, etc.
      [1913 Webster]
   2. To reduce to a level, or to an evenly progressive ascent,
      as the line of a canal or road.
      [1913 Webster]
   3. (Stock Breeding) To cross with some better breed; to
      improve the blood of.
      [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
graded \graded\ adj.
   1. ordered by some quantitative ranking; as, Reading tests of
      graded difficulty.
   Syn: ordered, ranked.
        [WordNet 1.5]
   2. leveled and drained but not paved; -- of roads.
   Syn: graveled.
        [WordNet 1.5]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
graded
    adj 1: arranged in a sequence of grades or ranks; "stratified
           areas of the distribution" [syn: graded, ranked,
           stratified]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
38 Moby Thesaurus words for "graded":
   aligned, arranged, arrayed, assorted, cataloged, categorized,
   classified, composed, constituted, disposed, filed, fixed, grouped,
   harmonized, hierarchic, indexed, marshaled, methodized, normalized,
   on file, ordered, orderly, organized, pigeonholed, placed,
   pyramidal, ranged, ranked, rated, regularized, regulated,
   routinized, sorted, standardized, stratified, synchronized,
   systematized, tabular