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grad

1 American  
[grad] / græd /

noun

Informal.

  1. a graduate.

grad 2 American  
[grad] / græd /

noun

  1. one hundredth of a right angle.

grad. 3 American  

abbreviation

  1. Mathematics. gradient.

  2. graduate.

  3. graduated.

grad. 1 British  

abbreviation

  1. maths gradient

  2. education graduate(d)

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grad 2 British  
/ ɡræd /

noun

  1. informal a graduate

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Etymology

Origin of grad1

First recorded in 1870–75; by shortening

Origin of grad2

1905–10; < French grade degree < Latin gradus step

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