ABD

ABD

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

Translingual

Symbol

ABD

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

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English

Proper noun

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.”).
   • 1992, Mary Romero, “Intersection of Biography and History: My Intellectual Journey”, in Maid in the U.S.A., Routledge, →ISBN, LCCN 92-90, 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 slience 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, Siegfried, John; Stock, Wendy, “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.

Hypernyms

• abt

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

• ADB, BDA, D.B.A., DAB, DBA, bad, d/b/a, dab, dba

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Turkish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɑ(ː)be(ː)de(ː)/

Proper noun

ABD

1. USA (a country in North America); 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

• Amerika
• Amerika Birleşik Devletleri