graduate

graduate
I UK [ˈɡrædʒuət] / US noun [countable]
Word forms "graduate":
singular graduate plural graduates
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1) American someone who has finished their studies at a high school, college, or university

a high school graduate

2) someone who has a degree from a university

careers for history graduates

an Oxford graduate

graduate of:

a graduate of Aston University

graduate in:

Candidates should be graduates in science or engineering.


II UK [ˈɡrædʒueɪt] / US [ˈɡrædʒuˌeɪt] verb
Word forms "graduate":
present tense I/you/we/they graduate he/she/it graduates present participle graduating past tense graduated past participle graduated
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1) [intransitive] to complete your studies at a university or college, usually by getting a degree
graduate from:

He graduated from Yale University in 1936.

graduate in:

one of the first women to graduate in history and languages at the Sorbonne

2) [intransitive] American to finish your studies at a high school
3) [transitive] mainly American to give a student a degree or other qualification after a course of study

Universities in Thailand graduate 6,000 engineers each year.

4) [intransitive] to make progress, or to reach a higher position

Some children had graduated to reading books without pictures.

He eventually graduated from clerical work to his present role.


III UK [ˈɡrædʒuət] / US adjective [only before noun] mainly American

graduate students

2) graduate studies and courses are for students who already have a degree. The usual British word is postgraduate.

English dictionary. 2014.

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