quad
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3.8
- noun
- /kwɒd/
:
patio
- So I spent a lot of time in the quad and I and I have to say, I love being in the quad.
Yeah, I might do a little meet and greet in the like quad before.
- Yeah, I might do a little meet and greet in the like quad before.
- University presidents allow the Jew hatred to be spewed on the campus quad.
- I was confronted by the leader of the campus radicals on the quad.
- I am always about in the quad and that's why the tree will continue to be since observed by yours faithfully God.
Examples
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Students enjoy playing frisbee in the large quad between the library and the science building.
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The fog that had blanketed the quad had dissipated while they'd been inside.
Fiction book (2002) -
OK, and this is what the quad looks like up close.
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Now, this is a quad in the center of the city.
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Sleep in late, breakfast, walk around the quad...
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See you in the quad, Tigers.
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The areas outside the quad are dedicated to sports and recreational facilities.
Academic text (2003) -
Do you remember the first time we saw Gabby on the quad?
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Hey, why don't we all have lunch together in the quad?
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The main campus consists of five buildings that encircle a central quad area.
Academic text (2003)
Synonyms
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2.7
An open area surrounded by buildings or walls, often inside a larger building
99
2.2
An open area inside buildings, often like the space in a house or castle
3
6.7
An open rectangular space surrounded by buildings at a school or college
Compounds
- Archaic
A square metal block used in printing to make space equal to the size of the letters
How Big
Surface Forms
Etymology
The campus quad is short for quadrangle, from words that mean 'four angles' or a four-sided space. That is why a quad usually means a square or rectangular open area surrounded by buildings.