grad
Pronunciation: [ɡræd]
Context: "education"
(noun) a person who has completed their studies at a school, college, or university. When someone finishes their education, they are called a grad.
Example
She is a recent grad from the university with a degree in biology.
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He is not a grad yet because he still has one more year to finish his studies.
Example
Who was your favorite grad from your school year?
Context: "measurement"
(verb) to change something gradually or in small steps, like how you might raise the temperature on a heater slowly.
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We can grad the temperature little by little to make the room warmer.
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You shouldn't grad the difficulty of the tasks too quickly or it will be hard to keep up.
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Can we grad up the settings to see if it works better?
Context: "measurement"
(noun) a unit of measurement for angles. This is like how we measure different parts of a circle.
Example
A right angle is 90 grad, which is very important in geometry.
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This line is not at the correct grad; it should be adjusted to 45 grad.
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What happens if we rotate this shape by 180 grad?