grad

/græd/
/græd/
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Other forms: grads

Definitions of grad
  1. noun
    a person who has received a degree from a school (high school or college or university)
    synonyms: alum, alumna, alumnus, graduate
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    types:
    Ivy Leaguer
    a student or graduate at an Ivy League school
    old boy
    a former male pupil of a school
    type 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
  2. noun
    one-hundredth of a right angle
    synonyms: grade
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    type of:
    angular unit
    a unit of measurement for angles
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