noun
Meaning 1
Clipping of graduate.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, clipping
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
grad
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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/ɡɹæd/
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US: /ˈɡɹɑd/
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US: /ˈɡɹæd/
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homophone: grad
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CMU ARPABET: G R AE1 D Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
noun
Meaning 2
Clipping of graduation.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, clipping
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
Abbreviation of gradian.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of
Topics: mathematics, sciences, trigonometry
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 4
Alternative letter-case form of Grad.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of
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noun
Meaning 5
A type of Soviet artillery multiple rocket launcher, or a rocket fired by this.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 6
a person who has received a degree from a school (high school or college or university)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: alumnus, alumna, alum, graduate
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: scholar, scholarly person, bookman, student
Narrower terms: Ivy Leaguer, old boy
noun
Meaning 7
one-hundredth of a right angle
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: grade
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: angular unit
History
Etymology
From Russian Град (Grad, “codename for a type of multiple rocket launcher”), from Russian град (grad, “hail”).
Across languages
Translations
7 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Azerbaijani: Qrad — rocket launcher
- Belarusian: Град (Hrad) — rocket launcher
- Bulgarian: Град — rocket launcher
- Japanese: グラート (Gurādo) — rocket launcher
- Polish: grad — rocket launcher
- Russian: Град — rocket launcher
- Ukrainian: Град (Hrad) — rocket launcher