graduate
A person who is recognized as having completed any of various levels of educationA person who is recognized as having completed any of various levels of education.: A person who is recognized by a university as having completed the requirements of a degree studied at the institution.
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» Tom doesn't have a graduate degree.
Tom hat keinen Universitätsabschluss. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
У Тома немає вищої освіти. — deniko
CK · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FRMeaning
3 sensesA person who is recognized as having completed any of various levels of education.
A person who is recognized by a university as having completed the requirements of a degree studied at the institution.
If the government wants graduates to stay in the country, they should offer more incentives.
Absolvent, Absolventin
выпускни́кvypuskník, выпускни́цаvypuskníca, диплома́нтdiplománt
випускни́кvypusknýk, випускни́цяvypusknýcja
a person who has received a degree from a school (high school or college or university)
(Canada, Philippines, US)A person who is recognized by a high school as having completed the requirements of a course of study at the school.
If the school board wants a higher percentage of students to become graduates, they should improve their remedial help for underachieving students.
Absolvent, Absolventin
выпускни́кvypuskník, выпускни́цаvypuskníca
випускни́кvypusknýk, випускни́цяvypusknýcja
A graduated (marked) cup or other container, thus fit for measuring.
a measuring instrument for measuring fluid volume; a glass container (cup or cylinder or flask) whose sides are marked with or divided into amounts
Examples
874 sentencesTom doesn't have a graduate degree.
У Тома немає вищої освіти. — deniko
deTom hat keinen Universitätsabschluss. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
You're a graduate student, aren't you?
Ти ж аспірант? — deniko
When did you graduate from high school?
Коли ти закінчив школу? — deniko
ruКогда ты закончил школу? — afyodor
deWann haben Sie Ihren Schulabschluss gemacht? — mayabe
If you fail this class, you won't be able to graduate.
Якщо ти не здаш цей предмет, ти не зможеш закінчити університет. — deniko
I never graduated from high school.
Я так і не закінчив середню школу. — deniko
Translations
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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
plural: graduatesSynonyms
2 synonyms- a person who has received a degree from a school (high school or college or university):alum-ngrad
Lessons for this word
1 lessons- B1School and university — Because the lesson uses it
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 dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.