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grad

1

[ grad ]

noun

, Informal.
  1. a graduate.


grad

2

[ grad ]

noun

  1. one hundredth of a right angle.

grad.

3

abbreviation for

  1. Mathematics. gradient.
  2. graduate.
  3. graduated.

grad

1

/ ɡræd /

noun

  1. informal.
    a graduate


grad.

2

abbreviation for

  1. maths gradient
  2. education graduate(d)

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Word History and Origins

Origin of grad1

First recorded in 1870–75; by shortening

Origin of grad2

1905–10; < French grade degree < Latin gradus step

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Example Sentences

Terry Castle has this great book called The Professor, which came out after I was in grad school.

Susli, the one-time chemistry grad student, started helping Lloyd and Postol with research into hexamine.

Luckily for the Harvard grad, it was his last week at the internship.

Soldiers said they were attacked with artillery, tanks, mortars and Grad missiles.

Ukrainian Grad rocket salvos and artillery have them on edge.

Then he shook her stiffly by the hand and, turning away, devoted himself to the post-grad.

Dad teaches in Berkeley three days a week, working with a few grad students in the library science program.

In 1995, they represented a Berkeley mathematics grad student called Dan Bernstein in court.

An old grad fell backward off the bleachers, barely escaping a broken neck.

And now,” a big burly grad, wearing a tall paper hat exclaimed, “we shall proceed to pass the basket.

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