ABD

See also: abd. and A.B.D.

English

Abbreviation

ABD

  1. Airport code for Abadan, Iran.[1]

Noun

ABD (uncountable)

  1. (academics) Abbreviation of all but dissertation. A description of the status of a doctoral student who has completed all Ph.D. degree requirements except the doctoral dissertation.
    • 2001, John Siegfried and Wendy Stock, "So You Want to Earn a Ph.D. in Economics?: How Long Do You Think It Will Take?" The Journal of Human Resources, vol. 36, no. 2, p. 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.

Synonyms

References
  1. Morris, William, editor (1969) The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, New York, NY: American Heritage Publishing Co., Inc., published 1971, →ISBN, page 1

Anagrams

Turkish

Proper noun

ABD

  1. Initialism of Amerika Birleşik Devletleri (United States of America)

Declension
Declension of ABD
nominative ABD
genitive ABD'nin
dative ABD'ye
accusative ABD'yi
locative ABD'de
ablative ABD'den

See also
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