grad
1[grad]
noun Informal.
a graduate.
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Nearby words
- gracioso,
- gracious,
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- graciousness,
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- gradability,
- gradable,
- gradate,
- gradatim
Origin of grad
1First recorded in 1870–75; by shortening
grad
2[grad]
noun
Also grade.
Origin of grad
21905–10; < French grade degree < Latin gradus step
grad.
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abbreviation of graduate (n.), attested from 1871.
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