Graduate

/ˈɡɹæd͡ʒuət/ · noun

Meaning

A person who is recognized by a university as having completed the requirements of a degree studied at the institution..

Definitions by Sense

1. A person who is recognized by a university as having completed the requirements of a degree studied at the institution.
2. (US, Canada) A person who is recognized by a high school as having completed the requirements of a course of study at the school.
3. (Philippines) A person who is recognized as having completed any level of education.
4. A graduated (marked) cup or other container, thus fit for measuring.
5. graduated, arranged by degrees
6. holding an academic degree
7. relating to an academic degree
8. (intransitive, ergative) To be recognized by a school or university as having completed the requirements of a degree studied at the institution.

Example Sentences

If the government wants graduates to stay in the country they should offer more incentives.

The man graduated in 1967.

Trisha graduated from college.

After graduating from Princeton University, he earned a law degree in Canada, then worked as an environmental lawyer in Israel before settling on the south side of Youngstown.

Trisha graduated college.

Indiana University graduated the student.

The college graduated him as soon as he was no longer eligible to play under NCAA rules.

sandstone which graduates into gneiss; carnelian sometimes graduates into quartz

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Word Forms

• graduates
• more graduate
• most graduate
• graduating
• graduated

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