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- [grad]
- /græd/
- /ɡræd/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [grad]
- /græd/
Definitions of grad word
- noun grad one hundredth of a right angle. 1
- noun grad Short form of 'graduate'. 1
- abbreviation GRAD graduate 1
- noun grad postgraduate student 1
- countable noun grad A grad is a graduate. 0
- noun grad a graduate 0
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Origin of grad
First appearance:
before 1870 One of the 26% newest English words
First recorded in 1870-75; by shortening
Historical Comparancy
Parts of speech for Grad
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
grad popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 87% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
grad usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for grad
noun grad
- recipient — a person or thing that receives; receiver: the recipient of a prize.
- doctor — a person licensed to practice medicine, as a physician, surgeon, dentist, or veterinarian.
- product — a thing produced by labor: products of farm and factory; the product of his thought.
- bachelor — A bachelor is a man who has never married.
- master — botmaster
Antonyms for grad
noun grad
- undergraduate — a student in a university or college who has not received a first, especially a bachelor's, degree.
- professor — a teacher of the highest academic rank in a college or university, who has been awarded the title Professor in a particular branch of learning; a full professor: a professor of Spanish literature.
- teacher — a person who teaches or instructs, especially as a profession; instructor.
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