grad
part of speech
noun (grad, grads) — informal
meaning for a pupil
1) Grad is a short, informal word for a graduate, a person who has finished high school, college or university. tree →
2) Grad school means a school for study after university. tree →
3) A grad is also a small unit for measuring angles; 100 grads make a right angle, but degrees are used much more. tree →
sense in the lessons
Rarely in the lessons; a person in the story, or a piece of a word like «grade» or «gradual». In everyday life in the USA and Canada: «grad» is the graduation party or ceremony. Phrases: «a new grad», «grad night», «grad school».
examples
- Each grad got a diploma. tree →
- 120 grads walked across the stage. tree →
- Read «grad» as «graduate». tree →
- My cousin is a college grad. tree →
- The grads threw their caps in the air. tree →
- Our school has a grad party in June. tree →
- My aunt went to grad school to become a scientist. tree →
- Calculators can show angles in degrees or grads. tree →
note
No clue on its own; it names who is counted. Trap: it may be a cut piece of «grade» or «gradual». Informal: in writing, «graduate» is better. Do not mix grads and degrees: a right angle is 90 degrees.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «grad» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.