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   Grad·u·ate

   noun

   • 1. a person who has successfully completed a course of study or training, especially a person who has been awarded an undergraduate academic degree.
   • ▪ a person who has received a high school diploma: North American "she is 19, a graduate of Lincoln High"
   • 2. a graduated cup, tube, flask, or measuring glass, used especially by chemists and pharmacists. North American

   verb

   • 1. successfully complete an academic degree, course of training, or high school: "I graduated from West Point in 1965" Similar qualifypass one's examspassbe certifiedbe licensedtake an academic degreereceive/get one's degreebecome a graduatecomplete one's studies
   • ▪ receive an academic degree from: informal US "she graduated college in 1970"
   • ▪ confer a degree or other academic qualification on: North American "the school graduated more than one hundred arts majors in its first year" Similar qualifypass one's examspassbe certifiedbe licensedtake an academic degreereceive/get one's degreebecome a graduatecomplete one's studies
   • ▪ move up to (a more advanced level or position): "he started with motorbikes but now he's graduated to his first car" Similar progressadvancemove upgo upproceeddevelopgain promotionbe promotedOpposite regressbe demoted
   • 2. arrange in a series or according to a scale: "the stones were graduated in height from the lowest near the entrance to the tallest opposite" Similar arrange in a seriesarrange in orderordergroupclassifyclasscategorizerankgraderange
   • ▪ mark out (an instrument or container) in degrees or other proportionate divisions: "the stem was graduated with marks for each hour" Similar calibratemark offmeasure off/outdivide into degreesgrade
   • 3. change (something, typically color or shade) gradually or step by step: "the color is graduated from the middle of the frame to the top"

   adjective

   • 1. relating to graduate school education: "the graduate faculty"
   • ▪ having graduated from a school or academic program: "a graduate electrical engineer"

   Word Origin late Middle English: from medieval Latin graduat- ‘graduated’, from graduare ‘take a degree’, from Latin gradus ‘degree, step’.

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   What does graduate mean?

   • Graduate definition: a person who has received a degree or diploma on completing a course of study, as in a university, college, or school. See examples of GRADUATE used in a sentence.

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   What is a graduate student?

   • a student who holds the bachelor's or the first professional degree and is studying for an advanced degree. a graduated cylinder, used for measuring. of, relating to, or involved in academic study beyond the first or bachelor's degree: graduate courses in business; a graduate student. having an academic degree or diploma: a graduate engineer.

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   What does Graduado mean?

   • licenciado, licenciada, graduado… Need a translator? Get a quick, free translation! GRADUATE meaning: 1. a person who has a first degree from a university or college: 2. a person who has finished…. Learn more.

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   What does it mean to graduate from high school?

   • 1. receive an academic degree upon completion of one's studies 2. a person who has received a degree from a school Other forms: graduated; graduates; graduating To graduate means to successfully complete your schooling, to become "a graduate ." When you graduate from high school, you become a high school graduate and congratulations are in order.

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   a person who has finished their school, college, or university education: high-school graduates. a graduate of Yale. B2 UK. a person who has a first degree from a university or college: a Cambridge graduate. Chris is a physics graduate. See also. postgraduate noun. undergraduate. Fewer examples.

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   graduate. 1. /ˈɡræʤuet/ receive an academic degree upon completion of one's studies. 2. /ˈɡræʤuɪt/ a person who has received a degree from a school. IPA guide. Other forms: graduated; graduates; graduating. To graduate means to successfully complete your schooling, to become "a graduate ."

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   a person who has finished their school, college or university education: a high-school graduate. graduate. verb. uk / ˈɡrædjueɪt / us. B2 [ I ] to complete your education successfully at a university, college, or, in the US, at school: He graduated from Cambridge University in 2006. graduate to sth.

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    Graduate definition, a person who has received a degree or diploma on completing a course of study, as in a university, college, or school. See more.