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  grad

  noun

  a graduate.
• grad.
  grad.

  abbreviation

  gradient.

grad

¹ American  

[grad] / græd /

noun

Informal.

1. a graduate.

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grad ² American  

[grad] / græd /

noun

1. one hundredth of a right angle.

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grad. ³ American  

abbreviation

1. Mathematics. gradient.

2. graduate.

3. graduated.

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grad. ¹ British  

abbreviation

1. maths gradient

2. education graduate(d)

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grad ² British  

/ ɡræd /

noun

1. informal a graduate

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Etymology

Origin of grad¹

First recorded in 1870–75; by shortening

Origin of grad²

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

Example Sentences

Two months later, he recruited Steve Hoyt, another Cal Poly grad with a doctorate in environmental science, who has built a business on the Central Coast testing soil samples.

From Los Angeles Times • May 8, 2026

That’s where he meets struggling grad student Kip Grady.

From Salon • Feb. 15, 2026

He’s a Crenshaw grad who says he was kicked off the basketball team by legendary coach Willie West.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 1, 2026

He looks more like a Columbia grad student than the stereotypical bearded revolutionary.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 5, 2026

The delegates “practically lived together,” Bacher recalled, cramming on the technical aspects of test monitoring like grad students preparing for their orals.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik

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