Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. Informal A graduate of a school or college.
- n. Informal A student studying for a graduate degree, such as a PhD.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. In petrography, in the quantitative system of classification (1902) (see rock), a division of igneous rocks lower than the subrang. A grad is based on the proportion of minerals of the subordinate group of standard minerals, when they are present in notable amount, that is, when they are more than one seventh as much as the preponderant group.
- n. A graduate.
- n. An abbreviation of the Latin gradatim, by degrees.
Wiktionary
- n. Short form of graduate.
- n. Short form of graduation.
- abbr. gradian
WordNet 3.0
- n. one-hundredth of a right angle
- n. a person who has received a degree from a school (high school or college or university)
Examples
“Paul and I still have what we call grad school furniture: a cat-hair covered Ikea couch, my futon from before we lived together, his dead grandfather's recliner, my mom's old dinette set.”
“| Reply this made me laugh. i had to take several linguistics courses in grad school and never had a clue what to write for my papers that were supposed to be on “my field of interest.” my field of interest felt so distant from linguistics!”
“I wrote this and this back in grad school, for a Christmas skit that never was.”
At Least They Beat Christmas Carols, Bryan Caplan | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty
“The long academic selection process that runs a decade or more (time in grad school + pre-tenure positions) effectively weeds out anyone who won't follow the prevailing winds of academia.”
Two Cowenian Tenure Claims, Bryan Caplan | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty
“Another reason that macro does not work in grad school is that studying macro is like studying polio -- the serious problem of long-term macroeconomic distress has been eradicated.”
“Thanks for your comments about depression in grad school.”
So Larry Summers was Right?, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty
“They gave me first prize when I was in grad school; the next winner could be you!”
More Dollar Bills on the Sidewalk, Bryan Caplan | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty
“One of my best friends in grad school was a Mormon, too.”
Garett the Gracious, Bryan Caplan | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty
“Getting the first one done in grad school taught me I could do it.”
“Of course this standard shouldn't hold in grad school.”
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