grad

Everyday

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 →

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.

In Jewish tradition

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

• Grad- ually Nothing took upon itself the form and limitation of Unity, represented by a point at the centre ot a circle" (H. (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914)) 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.