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graduate

gra·duate

UK/ˈɡɹædjueɪt/ US/ˈɡɹæd͡ʒueɪt/ common us
verb (3) noun (2) adjective (1)

verb

1.

receive an academic degree upon completion of one''s studies

  • “She graduated in 1990”
2.

confer an academic degree upon

  • “This school graduates 2,000 students each year”
3.

make fine adjustments or divide into marked intervals for optimal measuring

  • “calibrate an instrument”
  • “graduate a cylinder”
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noun

1.

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

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2.

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

adjective

1.

of or relating to studies beyond a bachelor''s degree

  • “graduate courses”
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Origin

From Middle English graduat(e) (“(noun) a graduate of a university; (adjective) graduate, having graduated”, also used as the past participle of graduaten (“to graduate”)), borrowed from Medieval Latin graduātus (“graduated, graduate”), perfect passive participle of graduō (“to graduate”) (see -ate (adjective-forming suffix)), from gradus (“step”) + -ō (verb-forming suffix). The noun is originally derived within Latin from the adjective via substantivization, see -ate (noun-forming suffix). Sense 10 of the verb, relating to Japanese entertainment, is a semantic loan from Japanese 卒業 (sotsugyō).

Phrases

  • Christmas graduate
  • graduate engineer
  • graduate nurse
  • graduate school
  • graduate student
  • graduate student descent
  • graduate tax
  • graduate thesis

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