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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

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Example Sentences

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The leaders of Ralston College attempt to revive our culture by teaching ancient Greek to their humanities grad students.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2026

We’re among them: When my husband went to grad school, his parents gave him the down payment for a small apartment in Tucson, Arizona.

From Slate ● Oct. 28, 2026

You’d think that the Marshall grad had gotten the message that somebody didn’t think he could be head coach.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 28, 2026

"When I was in grad school, people thought about Alzheimer's as a more intense version of cognitive aging, but that is just not the case," Fernandez said.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 20, 2026

Through 1935, the twenty-seven-inch had exhibited a persistent tetchiness that kept grad students and technicians busy troubleshooting in its innards for hours on end.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik

“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

After grad. at St. Andrews, he studied law at Paris, became ambassador to the Emperor, and held other court offices.

From A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. (John William) Cousin

—American historian, b. at Worcester, Massachusetts, and after grad. at Harvard, studied in Germany, where he became acquainted and corresponded with Goethe, Hegel, and other leaders of German thought.

From A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. (John William) Cousin

After two years he proceeded to Camb., where he grad. in 1831, continuing, however, his independent studies in natural history.

From A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. (John William) Cousin

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