grad

2 of 3

noun

: one hundredth of a right angle

grad

3 of 3

abbreviation

graduated

Examples of grad in a Sentence

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Noun or adjective
College grads and early-career job seekers are facing a hard time getting jobs, with many worried about AI’s impact on landing their first job. Roula Amire, Fortune, 9 Sep. 2025 New grad students will see new aggregate limits on federal loans and the elimination of grad PLUS loans as of July 1, 2026. Kamaron McNair, CNBC, 8 Sep. 2025
Noun
The same data from the New York Fed—showing young college grads unemployed at higher rates than the total workforce—also shows that this unemployment rate remains well below the unemployment rate for young workers in general with few signs of narrowing. Hugh Cameron, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Sep. 2025 In 2007, Andrew Mason, then a recent Northwestern University music grad, started a website called The Point with $1 million in seed money from Lefkofsky. Robert Channick, Chicago Tribune, 3 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for grad

Word History

Etymology

Noun or adjective

by shortening

Noun

French grade degree, from Latin gradus

First Known Use

Noun Or Adjective

circa 1871, in the meaning defined above

Noun

1898, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of grad was circa 1871

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“Grad.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/grad. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.

Kids Definition

grad

noun or adjective
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