graduate
To be recognized by a school or university as having completed the requirements of a…To be recognized by a school or university as having completed the requirements of a degree studied at the institution.
» Tom doesn't have a graduate degree.
Tom hat keinen Universitätsabschluss.
У Тома немає вищої освіти.
Meaning
10 senses(ergative, intransitive)To be recognized by a school or university as having completed the requirements of a degree studied at the institution.
The man graduated in 1967.
Trisha graduated from college.
absolvieren, graduieren
око́нчитьokónčitʹ
(proscribed, transitive)To be certified as having earned a degree from; to graduate from (an institution).
Trisha graduated college.
(transitive)To certify (a student) as having earned a degree
Indiana University graduated the student.
The college graduated him as soon as he was no longer eligible to play under NCAA rules.
дипломи́роватьdiplomírovatʹ
(transitive)To mark (something) with degrees; to divide into regular steps or intervals, as the scale of a thermometer, a scheme of punishment or rewards, etc.
graduieren
градуи́роватьgraduírovatʹ
make fine adjustments or divide into marked intervals for optimal measuring
(intransitive)To change gradually.
sandstone which graduates into gneiss; carnelian sometimes graduates into quartz
To prepare gradually; to arrange, temper, or modify by degrees or to a certain degree; to determine the degrees of.
to graduate the heat of an oven
To bring to a certain degree of consistency, by evaporation, as a fluid.
(intransitive)To taper, as the tail of certain birds.
(transitive)To approve (a feature) for general release.
We have graduated the new machine-learning features and will roll them out tomorrow.
(Japanese, intransitive)Of an idol: to exit a group; or of a virtual YouTuber, to leave a management agency; usually accompanied with "graduation ceremony" send-offs, increased focus on the leaving member, and the like.
Fans speculate that she was forced to graduate due to harassment and doxxing by stalkers and haters.
Examples
874 sentencesTom doesn't have a graduate degree.
У Тома немає вищої освіти.
deTom hat keinen Universitätsabschluss.
You're a graduate student, aren't you?
Ти ж аспірант?
When did you graduate from high school?
Коли ти закінчив школу?
ruКогда ты закончил школу?
deWann haben Sie Ihren Schulabschluss gemacht?
If you fail this class, you won't be able to graduate.
Якщо ти не здаш цей предмет, ти не зможеш закінчити університет.
I never graduated from high school.
Я так і не закінчив середню школу.
Translations
8 languagesBy meaning 3
By meaning 1
Origin
From Middle English graduaten (“to graduate”), from (adjective) graduat(e) (also used as tFrom Middle English graduaten (“to graduate”), from (adjective) graduat(e) (also used as the past participle of graduaten) + -en (verb-forming suffix), from Medieval Latin graduātus, see -ate (verb-forming suffix) and Etymology 1 for more.
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Forms
graduates, graduating, graduated, graduatedSynonyms
2 synonymsWord family
4 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- B1School and university — Because the lesson uses it
- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
Collocations
12 patterns- graduated from college
- graduated from high
- graduated from harvard
- graduate this year
- going to graduate
- after graduating from
- to graduate from
- had graduated from
- a harvard graduate
- a college graduate
- college graduate
- harvard graduate