ABD

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

English

ABD

ABD (uncountable)

(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.

^ 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

ABD

Declension of ABD