Definitions for Graduate
ˈgrædʒ u ɪt, -ˌeɪt; -ˌeɪtgrad·u·ate

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:1.0 / 1 vote

1. alumnus, alumna, alum, graduate, gradnoun

   a person who has received a degree from a school (high school or college or university)

2. graduateadjective

   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. graduate(a), postgraduateverb

   of or relating to studies beyond a bachelor's degree

   "graduate courses"

4. graduateverb

   receive an academic degree upon completion of one's studies

   "She graduated in 1990"

5. graduateverb

   confer an academic degree upon

   "This school graduates 2,000 students each year"

6. calibrate, graduate, fine-tuneverb

   make fine adjustments or divide into marked intervals for optimal measuring

   "calibrate an instrument"; "graduate a cylinder"

WiktionaryRate this definition:3.0 / 3 votes

1. graduatenoun

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

2. graduatenoun

   A person who is recognized by a high school as having completed the requirements of a course of study at the school

3. graduatenoun

   A graduated (marked) cup or other container, thus fit for measuring

4. graduateverb

   To be recognized by a school or university as having completed the requirements of a degree studied at the institution. See note on from usage.

5. graduateverb

   To certify (a student) as having earned a degree

   Indiana University graduated the student.

6. graduateverb

   To mark a scale on (something) so that it can be used for measuring

7. graduateverb

   To change gradually

8. graduateadjective

   graduated, arranged by degrees

9. graduateadjective

   holding an academic degree

10. graduateadjective

    relating to an academic degree

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Graduatenoun

   A man dignified with an academical degree.

   Etymology: gradué, French, from gradus, Latin.

   Of graduates I dislike the learned rout,
   And chuse a female doctor for the gout. James Bramston.

2. To GRADUATEverb

   Etymology: graduer, French; gradus, Latin.

   1. To dignify with a degree in the university.

   John Tregonwel, graduated a doctor and dubbed a knight, did his prince good service. Richard Carew, Survey of Cornwal.

   Concerning columns and their adjuncts, architects make such a noise as if the terms of architraves, frizes, and cornices were enough to graduate a master of this art. Henry Wotton, Architect.

   2. To mark with degrees.

   The places were marked where the spirits stood at the severest cold and greatest heat, and according to these observations he graduates his thermometers. William Derham, Physico-Theology.

   3. To raise to a higher place in the scale of metals: a chimical term.

   The tincture was capable to transmute or graduate as much silver as equalled in weight that gold. Boyle.

   4. To heighten; to improve.

   Not only vitriol is a cause of blackness, but the salts of natural bodies; and dyers advance and graduate their colours with salts. Thomas Browne, Vulgar Errours, b. vi. c. 12.

ChatGPTRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. graduate

   A graduate is an individual who has successfully completed a course of study or training, often at a university, college, or a school, and has received a degree, diploma or a certificate. This term can also refer to someone moving from a lower to a higher level of education or qualification.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Graduatenoun

   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. Graduatenoun

   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. Graduatenoun

   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. Graduatenoun

   to bring to a certain degree of consistency, by evaporation, as a fluid

5. Graduateverb

   to pass by degrees; to change gradually; to shade off; as, sandstone which graduates into gneiss; carnelian sometimes graduates into quartz

6. Graduateverb

   to taper, as the tail of certain birds

7. Graduateverb

   to take a degree in a college or university; to become a graduate; to receive a diploma

8. Graduatenoun

   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

9. Graduatenoun

   a graduated cup, tube, or flask; a measuring glass used by apothecaries and chemists. See under Graduated

10. Graduate

    arranged by successive steps or degrees; graduated

11. Etymology: [See Graduate, n. & v.]

WikidataRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Graduate

   "Graduate" is a song by Third Eye Blind and written by Stephan Jenkins and Kevin Cadogan. The B-side, "Horror Show", was written by Jenkins and Cadogan as well and later released on the "How's It Going to Be" single in 1998. It reached number 26 on the Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks chart in the U.S, and number 14 on the Hot Modern Rock Tracks chart. Additionally, it was featured in the 1998 film Can't Hardly Wait starring Seth Green and Jennifer Love Hewitt. The band played this at the American Music Awards in 1998, changing some of the lyrics to "can I masturbate" in place of "can I graduate."

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British National Corpus

1. Nouns Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'Graduate' in Nouns Frequency: #1906

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How to pronounce Graduate?

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How to say Graduate in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of Graduate in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of Graduate in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

Examples of Graduate in a Sentence

1. Karen Cunningham:

   People shouldn't feel like they have to choose between being a scientist and having a family, making it financially possible for people to have a child during graduate school, which takes up most of your 20s, would be very helpful for keeping women in the academic pipeline.

2. Nazma Khatun:

   After I got married, I stayed at home as a housewife, now I am teaching in this school alongside pursuing my graduate studies.

3. Alfred E. Newman:

   2 years ago I couldn't even spell Graduate and not I are one!

4. Laurent Duvernay-Tardif:

   If I make it to the Pro Bowl in the same year that I graduate from medicine ... and win the Super Bowl, then I don't know what I'm going to do, all my goals will be accomplished.

5. John Delury:

   Graduate School of International Relations's just short of Kim Jong Un Kim Jong saying Graduate School of International Relations... but Graduate School of International Relations's getting very close to the point where Kim Jong Un says kind of directly to Trump that I've lost faith in you.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=Graduate
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Graduate
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=Graduate
4. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Graduate
6. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=Graduate
7. ^ Usage in printed sources
   https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=Graduate