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.

English

Proper noun

ABD

1. Airport code for Abadan, Iran.

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, 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, 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.

Hypernyms

• abt

Anagrams

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

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