GPA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does GPA mean? 

• GPA (noun)
  The noun GPA has 1 sense:

1. a measure of a student's academic achievement at a college or university; calculated by dividing the total number of grade points received by the total number attempted

  Familiarity information: GPA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• GPA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A measure of a student's academic achievement at a college or university; calculated by dividing the total number of grade points received by the total number attempted

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

GPA; grade point average

Hypernyms ("GPA" is a kind of...):

criterion; measure; standard; touchstone (a basis for comparison; a reference point against which other things can be evaluated)

 Context examples 

Doctors use blood tests, chest X-rays, and biopsies to diagnose GPA and rule out other causes of the symptoms.

(Granulomatosis with Polyangiitis (Wegener's), NIH: National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases)

The cause of GPA is unknown.

(Granulomatosis with Polyangiitis (Wegener's), NIH: National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases)

Granulomatosis with polyangiitis (Wegener's), also known as GPA, is a rare disease.

(Granulomatosis with Polyangiitis (Wegener's), NIH: National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases)