GED
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- noun
- /dʒiː iː diː/
- US
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examen GED
- I am working hard to get my GED, but I keep failing the math portion of it.
- GED diploma
- passing the GED
- general equivalency
I told her the GED was so important because the GED helped me to get out of Detroit, MI.
- I told her the GED was so important because the GED helped me to get out of Detroit, MI.
- Unlike you, my my feel very I I don't even have a GED.
- Because I can't believe that I started with a GED and that GED turned into a four year degree.
Examples
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And what if you passed the GED?
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Some of these students dropped out of school and are now aiming for a GED diploma.
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So you you wind up taking the GED, you score well.
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You wanna study for the GED?
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At present, one adult has successfully taken and passed the GED, while others are close to being ready.
Academic text (1991) -
The following Saturday, he goes to the test center to take his GED exam.
Fiction book (1999) -
Rich decides to take the GED test again.
Fiction book (1999) -
Donato failed the GED test several times.
Fiction book (1999) -
After 8 months of studying, fitting in between kids, housework, and shopping, she'll take the GED test.
Fiction book (1993) -
Many adults choose to take a GED test to earn a high school equivalency certification.
Synonyms
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An exam with questions to check knowledge or skill
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A formal test of what someone knows or can do
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A school certificate students get by passing an exam at about 15 or 16 in the UK
Surface Forms
Etymology
GED comes from General Educational Development, a name given to tests first made during World War II to help soldiers show their school skills. So the GED test is a way for adults to prove they have high‑school level knowledge without a traditional diploma.