26984 words

graduate

12 definitions • 20 examples
1
a person who has a first degree from a university or college:

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a Cambridge graduate
Chris is a physics graduate.
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a person who has finished their school, college, or university education:

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high-school graduates
graduate of She's a recent graduate of Yale.
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graduate from Lorna graduated from Freiburg University.
graduate with honours in Tom has just graduated with first-class honours in psychology.
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graduate from After he graduated from high school, he joined the Army.
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to move forward or improve:

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graduate from something to something She graduated from being a secretary to running her own department.
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a person who has successfully completed studies at a school or received a degree from a college or university:

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a Yale graduate/a graduate of Yale
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relating to or working toward a university degree beyond the one you receive after four years of study:

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a 2010 college graduate
a graduate of sth Li is a graduate of Beijing University.
an Oxford/Harvard/Columbia graduate
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a student who has completed high school:

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The boys were graduates of Winthrop High School.
a high school graduate
10

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The pharmacy college will hold classes for 12 months a year so that its students can graduate in three years .
graduate from sth In India, roughly two million English speakers graduate from university each year.
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to complete high school:

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The program continues until the students graduate from high school.
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if a university, college, or school graduates students, it gives them an official document that proves they have completed their education there:

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The business community has been frustrated that our city schools were graduating people who were illiterate.

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