Definition of "grad" []

• Informal A graduate of a school or college. (noun)
• Informal A student studying for a graduate degree, such as a PhD. (noun)

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• "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."