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ABD
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Translingual
Symbol
Abadan International Airport Abadan, Iran Abadan Khuzestan province Khuzestan Iran
English
Noun
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en academics en all but dissertation.
en Maid in the U.S.A. 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. 1992 Mary Romero 6 0415906113 Intersection of Biography and History: My Intellectual Journey 92-90 Routledge
en 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. So You Want to Earn a Ph.D. in Economics?: How Long Do You Think It Will Take? The Journal of Human Resources 2001 366 John Siegfried; Wendy Stock 2 36
Hypernyms
en abt
Anagrams
en abd ADB BDA D.B.A. DAB DBA bad d/b/a dab dba
en 3-letter abbreviations
Turkish
Etymology
See tr Amerika Birleşik Devletleri United States of America.
Pronunciation
tr [ɑːbeːˈdeː]
Proper noun
tr USA Q30 Amerika Birleşik Devletleri<eq:United States of America>
Declension
ABD - ABD'yi - ABD'ye - ABD'de - ABD'den - ABD'nin -
See also
tr Amerika
tr Amerika Birleşik Devletleri