ALL meanings of graduate
grad·u·ate
G g - noun graduate In the sense “to receive a degree or diploma” graduate followed by from is the most common construction today: Her daughter graduated from Yale in 1981. The passive form was graduated from, formerly insisted upon as the only correct pattern, has decreased in use and occurs infrequently today: My husband was graduated from West Point last year. Even though it is condemned by some as nonstandard, the use of graduate as a transitive verb meaning “to receive a degree or diploma from” is increasing in frequency in both speech and writing: The twins graduated high school in 1974. 1
- noun graduate A person who has successfully completed a course of study or training, especially a person who has been awarded an undergraduate academic degree. 1
- intransitive verb graduate complete university degree 1
- noun graduate holder of university degree 1
- noun graduate holder of qualification 1
- adjective graduate of studies after BA 1
- intransitive verb graduate complete school level 1
- intransitive verb graduate move to next level 1
- transitive verb graduate award a degree to 1
- transitive verb graduate finish a degree or diploma 1
- noun graduate a person who has received a degree or diploma on completing a course of study, as in a university, college, or school. 1
- noun graduate a student who holds the bachelor's or the first professional degree and is studying for an advanced degree. 1
- noun graduate a graduated cylinder, used for measuring. 1
- adjective graduate of, relating to, or involved in academic study beyond the first or bachelor's degree: graduate courses in business; a graduate student. 1
- adjective graduate having an academic degree or diploma: a graduate engineer. 1
- verb without object graduate to receive a degree or diploma on completing a course of study (often followed by from): She graduated from college in 1985. 1
- verb without object graduate to pass by degrees; change gradually. 1
- verb with object graduate to confer a degree upon, or to grant a diploma to, at the close of a course of study, as in a university, college, or school: Cornell graduated eighty students with honors. 1
- verb with object graduate Informal. to receive a degree or diploma from: She graduated college in 1950. 1
- verb with object graduate to arrange in grades or gradations; establish gradation in. 1
- verb with object graduate to divide into or mark with degrees or other divisions, as the scale of a thermometer. 1
- verb graduate to change by degrees (from something to something else) 0
- noun graduate a person who has completed a course of study at a school or college and has received a degree or diploma 0
- noun graduate a flask, tube, or other container marked with a progressive series of degrees (lines or numbers or both) for measuring liquids or solids 0
- verb transitive graduate to give a degree or diploma to in recognition of the completion of a course of study at a school or college 0
- verb transitive graduate to become a graduate of 0
- verb transitive graduate to mark (a flask, tube, gauge, etc.) with degrees for measuring 0
- verb transitive graduate to arrange or classify into grades according to amount, size, etc. 0
- verb transitive graduate to arrange in grades or stages 0
- intransitive verb graduate to become a graduate of a school or college 0
- intransitive verb graduate to change, esp. advance, by degrees 0
- adjective graduate having been graduated from a school, college, etc. 0
- adjective graduate designating, of, for, or participating in instruction or research in various fields leading to degrees above the bachelor's 0
- countable noun graduate In Britain, a graduate is a person who has successfully completed a degree at a university or college and has received a certificate that shows this. 0
- countable noun graduate In the United States, a graduate is a student who has successfully completed a course at a high school, college, or university. 0
- verb graduate In Britain, when a student graduates from university, they have successfully completed a degree course. 0
- verb graduate In the United States, when a student graduates, they complete their studies successfully and leave their school or university. You can also say that a school or university graduates a student or students. 0
- verb graduate If you graduate from one thing to another, you go from a less important job or position to a more important one. 0
- noun graduate a person who has been awarded a first degree from a university or college 0
- noun graduate (as modifier) 0
- noun graduate a student who has completed a course of studies at a high school and received a diploma 0
- noun graduate a container, such as a flask, marked to indicate its capacity 0
- verb graduate to receive or cause to receive a degree or diploma 0
- verb graduate to confer a degree, diploma, etc, upon 0
- verb graduate to mark (a thermometer, flask, etc) with units of measurement; calibrate 0
- verb graduate to arrange or sort into groups according to type, quality, etc 0