grad
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3.0
- noun
- /ɡræd/
- Informal
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graduado
- As a recent grad, he was excited to start his new job in marketing.
- college grad
- grad school
- law school grad
So there's a lot of young folks, undergrads, grads, they're also young.
- So there's a lot of young folks, undergrads, grads, they're also young.
- And as you can see, most public policy grads income exceeds their debt.
- That is so, So if you're a recent college grad, that changes everything.
- Here's a UNC Tar Heel grad, which I am.
- And pitch Johnson, by the way, a West Point grad, founded asset management.
- And in the future, when you'll be invited to give a MIT commencement speech for new grads, what will be your advice or message to them?
- Imagine you graduate and you decide a great business model is to offer health insurance to recent MIT grads.
- He's works at Apple pretty high up MIT grad, I think computer engineering.
- Yeah, but you're not going to see an Ohio State grad like TG Michigan.
- Biden just forgave a bunch for our art institute grad a student loans.
- So it's definitely much more of my like freshly post grad self, which I loved her.
Examples
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I'm a grad student.
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After years of hard work, she finally became a full-fledged grad with her degree in psychology.
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Do you mean from grad school?
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Came to me straight out of grad school.
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"We should still try," she told one of her grad students.
Academic text (2016) -
Diversity looks good on an application for grad school.
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I think me and my favorite grad student are gonna go sky diving.
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Gene had given a talk at Columbia, and the grad students had taken him to dinner.
Academic text (2014) -
- l'm a grad student, writing a thesis paper.
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Um, she's a grad student, and... she volunteers at an animal shelter.
Synonyms
551
3.4
A person who has finished a course at a college or university and received a degree
22
4.0
A person who graduated from a school, college, or university
Compounds
- Informal
40
2.8
A student who studies after college to get a master's or doctoral degree
Surface Forms
Etymology
Grad is an informal short form of graduate, and it comes from the Latin root gradus meaning 'step'. Think of finishing school as taking a final 'step' forward, which is why a grad is someone who has completed their studies.