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 Definitions of graduate  [ˈgrædʒ u əˌlɪz əm]  

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Definition of 'graduate' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (n.) graduate
a person who has received a degree or diploma on completing a course of study at a university, college, or school.

2.  graduate
a student who holds the bachelor's or the first professional degree and is studying for an advanced degree.

3.  graduate
a cylindrical or tapering graduated container, used for measuring.

4. (adj.) graduate
of, pertaining to, or involved in academic study beyond the bachelor's degree:
a graduate student.

5.  graduate
having an academic degree or diploma.

6. (v.i.) graduate
to receive a degree or diploma on completing a course of study:
to graduate from college.

7.  graduate
to pass by degrees; change gradually.

8. (v.t.) graduate
to confer a degree upon or grant a diploma to.

9.  graduate
to receive a degree or diploma from:
to graduate college.

10.  graduate
to arrange in grades or gradations; establish gradation in.

11.  graduate
to divide into or mark with degrees or other divisions, as the scale of a thermometer.

Etymology:  (1375–1425; < ML graduārī to grade, graduate, der. of L gradusgrade)

Definition of 'graduate' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (noun) alumnus, alumna, alum, graduate, grad
a person who has received a degree from a school (high school or college or university)

2. (adj) graduate
a measuring instrument for measuring fluid volume; a glass container (cup or cylinder or flask) whose sides are marked with or divided into amounts

3. (verb) graduate(a), postgraduate
of or relating to studies beyond a bachelor's degree
"graduate courses"

4. (verb) graduate
receive an academic degree upon completion of one's studies
"She graduated in 1990"

5. (verb) graduate
confer an academic degree upon
"This school graduates 2,000 students each year"

6. (verb) calibrate, graduate, fine-tune
make fine adjustments or divide into marked intervals for optimal measuring
"calibrate an instrument"; "graduate a cylinder"


Definition of 'graduate' Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary 

1. (verb) graduate
to finish studying and receive a degree or diploma from a high school, college, or university
I'll be graduating from high school next year.

2.  graduate
graduate in sth
to finish a university degree in a particular subject
He graduated in law.

3. (noun) graduate
sb who has finished their studies and received a degree or diploma
high school/college graduates


Definition of 'graduate' Webster Dictionary 

1. (noun) graduate
to mark with degrees; to divide into regular steps, grades, or intervals, as the scale of a thermometer, a scheme of punishment or rewards, etc

2. (noun) graduate
to admit or elevate to a certain grade or degree; esp., in a college or university, to admit, at the close of the course, to an honorable standing defined by a diploma; as, he was graduated at Yale College

3. (noun) graduate
to prepare gradually; to arrange, temper, or modify by degrees or to a certain degree; to determine the degrees of; as, to graduate the heat of an oven

4. (noun) graduate
to bring to a certain degree of consistency, by evaporation, as a fluid

5. (noun) graduate
one who has received an academical or professional degree; one who has completed the prescribed course of study in any school or institution of learning

6. (noun) graduate
a graduated cup, tube, or flask; a measuring glass used by apothecaries and chemists. See under Graduated

7.  graduate
arranged by successive steps or degrees; graduated

8. (verb) graduate
to pass by degrees; to change gradually; to shade off; as, sandstone which graduates into gneiss; carnelian sometimes graduates into quartz

9. (verb) graduate
to taper, as the tail of certain birds

10. (verb) graduate
to take a degree in a college or university; to become a graduate; to receive a diploma


Translation of 'graduate' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: to receive a degree, diploma etc
He graduated in German and French.

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: gradueer Arabic flag Arabic: يَتَخَرَّج Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: дипломирам се
Brazilian flag Brazilian: formar-se Czech flag Czech: promovat, absolvovat German flag German: promovieren
Danish flag Danish: bestå universitetseksamen Greek flag Greek: αποφοιτώ Spanish flag Spanish: diplomarse en, licenciars
Estonian flag Estonian: kooli lõpetama; teaduslik Farsi flag Farsi: فارغ التحصیل شدن Finnish flag Finnish: suorittaa loppututkinto
French flag French: obtenir son diplôme Hebrew flag Hebrew: לְקַבֵּל תוֹאָר Hindi flag Hindi: उपाधि प्राप्त करना
Croatian flag Croatian: diplomirati, maturirati Hungarian flag Hungarian: diplomát szerez; végez Indonesian flag Indonesian: menerima ijazah
Icelandic flag Icelandic: útskrifast Italian flag Italian: diplomarsi; laurearsi Japanese flag Japanese: 学位を受ける
Korean flag Korean: 졸업하다 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: baigti (mokslus), gauti d Latvian flag Latvian: beigt (mācību iestādi); s
Malay flag Malay: mempunyai ijazah Dutch flag Dutch: afstuderen, een bul/diplo Norwegian flag Norwegian: ta avsluttende eksamen, f
Polish flag Polish: zostać absolwentem Persian flag Persian: فارغ التحصیل شدن Pashto flag Pashto: دزده کړو څخه فارغ ، ددرجې
Portuguese flag Portuguese: licenciar-se Romanian flag Romanian: a absolvi (oşcoală, un cu Russian flag Russian: получить степень, диплом
Slovak flag Slovak: promovať (z) Slovenian flag Slovenian: diplomirati Serbian flag Serbian: diplomirati
Swedish flag Swedish: avlägga (ta) examen Thai flag Thai: ได้รับปริญญา Turkish flag Turkish: mezun olmak
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 畢業 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: отримувати ступінь, дипло Urdu flag Urdu: ڈگری یا ڈپلوما یافتہ
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: tốt nghiệp Chinese flag Chinese: 毕业

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