ABD

ABD

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

ABD (uncountable)

1. (academics) Initialism of all but 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 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.

   • 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.

• abt

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

See Amerika Birleşik Devletleri (“United States of America”).

• IPA^(key): [ɑːbeːˈdeː]

ABD

1. initialism of Amerika Birleşik Devletleri (= United States of America): a country in North America: USA

• Amerika
• Amerika Birleşik Devletleri