grad
noun
a graduate.
grad
1 American
[grad]
/ græd /
noun
Informal.
grad
2
American
[grad]
/ græd /
noun
grad.
3
American
abbreviation
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Mathematics. gradient.
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graduate.
-
graduated.
grad.
1
British
abbreviation
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maths gradient
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education graduate(d)
grad
2
British
/ ɡræd /
noun
Etymology
Origin of grad1
First recorded in 1870–75; by shortening
Origin of grad2
1905–10; < French grade degree < Latin gradus step
Example Sentences
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As Eric Clark, the recent grad, sees it, “there are some issues young people are facing that you can course-correct for.”
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 8, 2026
Mecham started in 2004 by sharing a budgeting spreadsheet as a broke grad student.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 11, 2026
WSJ | Buy Side: Bridge your grad-school-funding gap with these private grad loans.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 3, 2026
With another grad, a clinical supervisor from his treatment facility sang his praises.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 29, 2026
“In grad school, I had this massive ’fro.
From "Dear Martin" by Nic Stone
“He comes from Georgetown. I’m a Georgetown grad. All they talk about it is head, heart, soul, mind and full-person development.”
From Washington Post ● Jul. 23, 2019
“One of the most staunch conservative guys was an Alabama grad. He was talking football with him, smacking right back.”
From New York Times ● Feb. 2, 2019
No more tortured doubts as to whether we'll ever grad. and get our commissions in the Army.
From Dick Prescotts's Fourth Year at West Point Ready to Drop the Gray for Shoulder Straps by H. Irving (Harrie Irving) Hancock
How their eyes glistened, then moistened, as each young West Point grad. drew out of the envelope the parchment on which was written his commission as a second lieutenant of United States infantry.
From Dick Prescotts's Fourth Year at West Point Ready to Drop the Gray for Shoulder Straps by H. Irving (Harrie Irving) Hancock
I lay beside a Princeton grad. in hospital.
From The Parts Men Play by Arthur Beverley Baxter
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