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GRAD

Pronunciation (US):

• GRAD (noun)
The noun GRAD has 2 senses:

1. one-hundredth of a right angle
2. a person who has received a degree from a school (high school or college or university)

Familiarity information: GRAD used as a noun is rare.

• GRAD (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

One-hundredth of a right angle

Classified under:

Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure

Synonyms:

grad; grade

Hypernyms ("grad" is a kind of...):

angular unit (a unit of measurement for angles)

Holonyms ("grad" is a part of...):

quadrant; right angle (a quarter of the circumference of a circle)

Sense 2

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Meaning:

A person who has received a degree from a school (high school or college or university)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

alumna; alumnus; graduate; grad; alum

Hypernyms ("grad" is a kind of...):

bookman; scholar; scholarly person; student (a learned person (especially in the humanities); someone who by long study has gained mastery in one or more disciplines)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "grad"):

Ivy Leaguer (a student or graduate at an Ivy League school)

old boy (a former male pupil of a school)

"An apple a day keeps the doctor away."
(English proverb)
"Those who have one foot in the canoe, and one foot in the boat, are going to fall into the river."
(Native American proverb, Tuscarora)
"The most praised form of fluency is silence when talk isn't wise."
(Arabic proverb)
"Don't look a gift horse in the mouth."
(Corsican proverb)

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Meaning of scholar
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