grade

angle, aspect, facet, side

amount, measure, plane

decrement, increment

hallmark

mark

footing, place, position, rank, standing, stature, status

benchmark, criterion, measure, par, standard, touchstone, yardstick

description, feather, ilk, kidney, like, manner, nature, sort

branch, section, speciality, specialty, subclass, subdivision, subgroup, subspecies, variety

breed, race

generation

heading, label, title

case, example, instance

average, norm, rule

acme, apex, meridian, peak, pinnacle, summit, zenith

ascent, bank, climb, rise

array, dispose, draw up, marshal (also marshall), order, organize, systematize

alphabetize, catalog (or catalogue), file, index, list, refer

pigeonhole, shelve

identify, recognize

cull, screen, set, sieve, sift, winnow

clump, cluster, colligate

recategorize, reclassify, regroup

subcategorize

seed

count

categorize, class, classify, codify, compartmentalize, group, separate, set, sort

install, instate