grad

UK /ɡɹæd/ US /ɡɹæd/

noun 5

Definitions

noun

Clipping of graduate.

Clipping of graduation.

Abbreviation of gradian.

noun

Alternative letter-case form of Grad.

noun

A type of Soviet artillery multiple rocket launcher, or a rocket fired by this.

It supplements the 220 mm BM-22 Uragan (‘Hurricane’) and 122 mm BM-21 Grad (‘Hail’) MRLs, already in service.

The MRL systems Smerch, Uragan, and Grad are designed to destroy concentrations of personnel and various vehicles at distances up to 70 kilometers.

Collocations

ADJ.

asleep, marine, together

The marine grad students presented their research on ocean conservation last week.

VERB + GRAD

back, fought, go, sell

She fought back grad school applications for three years before finally enrolling.

GRAD + NOUN

george, hail, history, mrls, rocket-launcher, salvos, school, student

The grad student presented her history thesis to the department committee last week.

PREP.

in, in, with

She graduated in biology and now works as a research scientist.

ADV.

already

My older sister has already grad school and now works as a teacher.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

noun — a person who has received a degree from a school (high schoo

noun — one-hundredth of a right angle

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Antonyms

Idioms & Phrases

Example Bank

It supplements the 220 mm BM-22 Uragan (‘Hurricane’) and 122 mm BM-21 Grad (‘Hail’) MRLs, already in service.

Wiktionary

The MRL systems Smerch, Uragan, and Grad are designed to destroy concentrations of personnel and various vehicles at distances up to 70 kilometers.

Wiktionary

The Russians fought back with Grad rocket-launcher salvos and mortar attacks (they also made some use of armor).

Wiktionary

Yuriko, a marine biology grad student, fell asleep inside a fish tank and awoke covered in octopuses and starfish.

Tatoeba · #697682

Tom and I were in grad school together.

Tatoeba · #3094467

Tom wants to go to grad school.

Tatoeba · #5806709

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