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GRAD SCHOOL
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Dictionary entry overview: What does grad school mean?
• GRAD SCHOOL (noun)
The noun GRAD SCHOOL has 1 sense:
1. a school in a university offering study leading to degrees beyond the bachelor's degree
Familiarity information: GRAD SCHOOL used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A school in a university offering study leading to degrees beyond the bachelor's degree
Classified under:
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects
Synonyms:
grad school; graduate school
Hypernyms ("grad school" is a kind of...):
school (an educational institution)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "grad school"):
business school (a graduate school offering study leading to a degree of Master in Business Administration)
dental school; school of dentistry (a graduate school offering study leading to degrees in dentistry)
law school; school of law (a graduate school offering study leading to a law degree)
medical school; school of medicine (a graduate school offering study leading to a medical degree)
Holonyms ("grad school" is a member of...):
university (the body of faculty and students at a university)
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