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ABD

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See also: abd, abd., Abd., A.B.D., and абд

Translingual

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ABD

  1. (international standards, aviation) IATA airport code for Abadan International Airport, which serves Abadan, Khuzestan, Iran.

English

Noun

ABD (uncountable)

  1. (academics) Initialism of all but dissertation.
    • 1992, Mary Romero, “Intersection of Biography and History: My Intellectual Journey”, in Maid in the U.S.A., Routledge, →ISBN, →LCCN, page 6:
      Most of my employers knew I was a graduate student, and fortunately, most seemed reluctant to ask me too many questions. Our mutual silence served as a way to deal with the status inconsistency of a house wife with a B.A. hiring a ABD to clean her house.
    • 2001, John Siegfried, Wendy Stock, “So You Want to Earn a Ph.D. in Economics?: How Long Do You Think It Will Take?”, in The Journal of Human Resources, volume 36, number 2, page 366:
      The most common reason for such episodes is that a student takes a job before completing a thesis, usually after attaining ABD (all but dissertation) status.

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Turkish

Etymology

See Amerika Birleşik Devletleri (“United States of America”).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

ABD

  1. initialism of Amerika Birleşik Devletleri (= United States of America): a country in North America: USA

Declension

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