"grade point average" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: grade point averages [plural], GPA [abbreviation]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} grade point average (plural grade point averages)
  1. A method of computing a numerical value for letter grades received in school by assigning each a numeric value and averaging the numbers; the overall average of all courses taken at a time. Wikipedia link: grade point average Categories (topical): Education Translations (overall average): arvosanojen keskiarvo (Finnish), moyenne générale [feminine] (French), Notendurchschnitt [masculine] (German), indeks prestasi (Indonesian)
    Sense id: en-grade_point_average-en-noun-TxZ0kSFl Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

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