Meaning

3 senses
  1. Graduated, arranged by degrees

  2. Holding an academic degree

  3. Relating to an academic degree

    of or relating to studies beyond a bachelor's degree

Examples

874 sentences
  1. Tom doesn't have a graduate degree.

    У Тома немає вищої освіти. — deniko

    deTom hat keinen Universitätsabschluss. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

  2. You're a graduate student, aren't you?

    Ти ж аспірант? — deniko

  3. When did you graduate from high school?

    Коли ти закінчив школу? — deniko

    ruКогда ты закончил школу? — afyodor

    deWann haben Sie Ihren Schulabschluss gemacht? — mayabe

  4. If you fail this class, you won't be able to graduate.

    Якщо ти не здаш цей предмет, ти не зможеш закінчити університет. — deniko

  5. I never graduated from high school.

    Я так і не закінчив середню школу. — deniko

Translations

1 languages

Origin

From Middle English graduat(e) (“(noun) a graduate of a university; (adjective) graduate,

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).

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Forms

more graduate, most graduate
Comparativemore graduate Lesson
Superlativemost graduate Lesson

regular

Synonyms

1 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • of or relating to studies beyond a bachelor's degree:postgraduate

Word family

13 related words

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

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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