Definition of GED - Reverso English Dictionary

Acronym

acr: General Educational Development

test for people who didn't finish high school

She passed the GED to apply for college.
He studied hard to pass the GED.
Many adults take the GED for better job opportunities.

certificate

credential

diploma

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French:test d'équivalence du secondaire, ...
German:Hauptschulabschluss, ...
Italian:GED, ...
Spanish:examen de equivalencia de secundaria, ...
Portuguese:exame de equivalência ao 12.º ano, ...
Chinese:普通教育发展考试, ...
Japanese:GED, ...
Arabic:شَهَادَة مُعَادِلَة لِلتَّعْلِيم الثَّانَوِي, ...
Hebrew:מִבְחָן GED, ...
Russian:GED, ...
Ukrainian:ЗНО, ...
Hindi:जीईडी, ...
Bengali:হাই স্কুল সমমানের পরীক্ষা, ...
Catalan:graduat escolar, ...
Czech:zkouška ekvivalentu středoškolského vzdělání, ...
Danish:eksamen svarende til en high school-afgangseksamen, ...
Dutch:GED, ...
Greek:εξέταση ισοδυναμίας λυκείου, ...
Hungarian:középiskolai egyenértékűségi vizsga, ...
Khmer:ការប្រឡងសមមូលសញ្ញាបត្រមធ្យមសិក្សាទុតិយភូមិ, ...
Korean:검정고시, ...
Persian:آزمون معادل دیپلم, ...
Polish:egzamin równoważny ukończeniu szkoły średniej, ...
Portuguese (BR):Encceja, ...
Romanian:test de echivalare a studiilor liceale, ...
Swedish:gymnasieekvivalensprov, ...
Thai:GED, ...
Turkish:lise denklik sınavı, ...
Vietnamese:phát triển giáo dục phổ thông, ...

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