English

Abbreviation

ABD

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

Initialism

ABD

1. (academics) all but dissertation: A description of the status of a doctoral student who has completed all PhD 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

• abt

Anagrams

• ADB
• bad
• BDA
• dab, DAB
• dba, DBA, D.B.A.

References

1. ↑ Morris, William, editor (1969) The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, New York, NY: American Heritage Publishing Co., Inc., ISBN 0-395-09066-0, published 1971, page 1

Turkish

Initialism

ABD

1. USA; "Amerika Birleşik Devletleri", United States of America.

Declension

See also

• Amerika
• Amerika Birleşik Devletleri