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graduate en · ADJ · etymology 1
Pronunciation
- /ˈɡɹædjuət/ non-yod-coalescence
- /ˈɡɹæd͡ʒuɪt/ (General-American)
- grăjʹo͞o-ĭt (General-American)
- (Southern-England) audio
- /ˈɡɹæd͡ʒuət/ yod-coalescence
Etymology
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).
Meanings
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graduated, arranged by degrees
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holding an academic degree
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relating to an academic degree
Forms
Deriveds
Christmas graduate · post-graduate · graduette · graduate engineer · graduate school · subgraduate · graduate tax · graduate student descent · pregraduate · graduator · nongraduate · pre-graduate · graduateship · graduate student · graduate thesis · graduate nurse · graduateness
Translations (8)
bg дипломиран (holding an academic degree) · hu posztgraduális (holding an academic degree) · pl podyplomowy (relating to an academic degree) · bg дипломен (relating to an academic degree) · hu posztgraduális (relating to an academic degree) · hu doktori (relating to an academic degree) · pl dyplomowany (holding an academic degree) · pl dyplomowy (relating to an academic degree)
graduate en · NOUN · etymology 1
Pronunciation
- /ˈɡɹædjuət/ non-yod-coalescence
- /ˈɡɹæd͡ʒuɪt/ (General-American)
- grăjʹo͞o-ĭt (General-American)
- (Southern-England) audio
- /ˈɡɹæd͡ʒuət/ yod-coalescence
Etymology
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).
Meanings
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A 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.
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(Canada, Philippines, US) A person who is recognized as having completed any of various levels of education. ▸ 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.
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A graduated (marked) cup or other container, thus fit for measuring.
Forms
Coordinates
graduand · student · undergraduate · graduand · dropout · undergraduate · dropout · student
Hypernyms
person · person
Translations (73)
hy շրջանավարտ (from a university) · uk випускни́к (from a university) · fi yliopistosta valmistunut (from a university) · bg възпитаник (from a university) · te పట్టభద్రుడు (from a university) · ga céimí (from a university) · de Absolvent (US: from a high school) · fa فارغالتحصیل (from a university) · it diplomato (US: from a high school) · de Absolvent (from a university) · uk випускни́ця (US: from a high school) · yi אַבסאָלווענט (from a university) · mi kiriwhakapōtae (from a university) · ar خِرِّيجَة (from a university) · pt graduado (from a university) · ru выпускни́к (US: from a high school) · cs absolvent (from a university) · dsb absolwent (from a university) · fr diplômée (from a university) · ko 졸업생 (from a university) · yi אַביטוריענט (from a university) · fr licenciée (from a university) · fr diplômé (from a university) · ru выпускни́ца (US: from a high school) · mk апсолве́нтка (from a university) · ja 卒業生 (US: from a high school) · de Absolventin (US: from a high school) · fr licencié (from a university) · bg абсолвент (from a university) · mk дипло́мка (from a university) · uk випускни́к (US: from a high school) · ru выпускни́ца (from a university) · ja 卒業生 (from a university) · mk виши́ст (from a university) · la graduata (from a university) · it diplomata (US: from a high school) · ru выпускни́к (from a university) · gv keimee (from a university) · dsb absolwentka (from a university) · la graduatus (from a university) · it laureato (from a university) · bg висши́ст (from a university) · mk виши́стка (from a university) · fi kandidaatti (from a university) · ar خِرِّيج (from a university) · mk дипло́мец (from a university) · de Absolventin (from a university) · cmn 畢業生 /毕业生 (from a university) · nl afgestudeerde (from a university) · ru диплома́нтка (from a university) · es graduado (from a university) · gl licenciado (from a university) · pl absolwent (from a university) · nl abituriënt (US: from a high school) · da akademiker (from a university) · ru диплома́нт (from a university) · hi स्नातक (from a university) · hy շրջանավարտ (US: from a high school) · pl abiturientka (US: from a high school) · es graduada (from a university) · fi maisteri (from a university) · gl graduado (from a university) · it laureata (from a university) · tr mezun (from a university) · es graduados (from a university) · mk апсолве́нт (from a university) · cmn 畢業生 /毕业生 (US: from a high school) · kk түлек (from a university) · fi ylioppilas (US: from a high school) · ms siswazah (from a university) · uk випускни́ця (from a university) · pl absolwentka (from a university) · pl abiturient (US: from a high school)
graduate en · VERB · etymology 2
Pronunciation
- /ˈɡɹæd͡ʒueɪt/ (US)
- /ˈɡɹædjueɪt/ (UK)
- (Southern-England) audio
- grăjʹo͞o-āt (US)
- /ˈɡɹæd͡ʒueɪt/ (UK)
Etymology
From 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.
Meanings
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(ergative, intransitive) To be recognized by a school or university as having completed the requirements of a degree studied at the institution.
Trisha graduated from college.
The man graduated in 1967.
After graduating from Princeton University, he earned a law degree in Canada, then worked as an environmental lawyer in Israel before settling on the south side of Youngstown.
2019 February 19, Jeremy Pelzer, “Youngstown School Board member Dario Hunter seeks Green Party presidential nomination”, in cleveland.com:
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(proscribed, transitive) To be certified as having earned a degree from; to graduate from (an institution).
Trisha graduated college.
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(transitive) To certify (a student) as having earned a degree
The college graduated him as soon as he was no longer eligible to play under NCAA rules.
Indiana University graduated the student.
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(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.
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(intransitive) To change gradually.
As the species graduate into each other, both in form and in habits, from the grass-eating Geese to the fish-eating Harelds, it is difficult, […] to divide this large group into sections.
1852, William Macgillivray, A history of British birds, indigenous and migratory, page 573:Yadav, born Bharat Kalicharan, was a petty thief who had graduated to bigger crimes, terrorising Kasturba Nagar, on the edge of the city of Nagpur, in Maharashtra, from the 1990s until his death.
2022 November 7, Puja Bhattacharjee, “What drove 200 women to stab a gangster to death? Netflix series revisits crime that shocked India”, in the Guardian:sandstone which graduates into gneiss; carnelian sometimes graduates into quartz
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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
Dyers, who advance and graduate their colours with salts.
1650, Thomas Browne, Pseudodoxia Epidemica: […], 2nd edition, London: […] A[braham] Miller, for Edw[ard] Dod and Nath[aniel] Ekins, […], →OCLC:
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To bring to a certain degree of consistency, by evaporation, as a fluid.
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(intransitive) To taper, as the tail of certain birds.
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(transitive) To approve (a feature) for general release.
We have graduated the new machine-learning features and will roll them out tomorrow.
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(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.
Forms
Deriveds
nongraduating · disgraduate
Relateds
graduation · grade
Translations (86)
bg завършвам университет (to be recognized by a university as having completed the requirements of a degree) · fr devenir licenciée (to become a graduate at a ceremony) · pl wskazywać (to mark a scale on (something) so it can be used for measuring) · it diplomarsi (US: to be recognized by a high school as having completed the requirements of a course of study) · de absolvieren (to be recognized by a university as having completed the requirements of a degree) · sk promovať (to be recognized by a university as having completed the requirements of a degree) · ja 目盛る (to mark a scale on (something) so it can be used for measuring) · hu diplomát ad (transitive: to certify (a student) as having earned a degree) · pt formar (transitive: to certify (a student) as having earned a degree) · pt graduar (to be recognized by a university as having completed the requirements of a degree) · nl promoveren (transitive: to certify (a student) as having earned a degree) · pt diplomar (transitive: to certify (a student) as having earned a degree) · fr devenir licencié (to become a graduate at a ceremony) · la diploma studiorum adipisci (to be recognized by a university as having completed the requirements of a degree) · fi valmistua (to be recognized by a university as having completed the requirements of a degree) · fi antaa todistus (transitive: to certify (a student) as having earned a degree) · tr mezun olmak (to be recognized by a university as having completed the requirements of a degree) · hu fokjelöléssel lát el (to mark a scale on (something) so it can be used for measuring) · ar دَرَّجَ (to be recognized by a university as having completed the requirements of a degree) · hu végez (US: to be recognized by a high school as having completed the requirements of a course of study) · la ad gradum admittere (transitive: to certify (a student) as having earned a degree) · eo diplomiĝi (to be recognized by a university as having completed the requirements of a degree) · fi asteittaa (to mark a scale on (something) so it can be used for measuring) · bg дипломирам се (to be recognized by a university as having completed the requirements of a degree) · nl afstuderen (US: to be recognized by a high school as having completed the requirements of a course of study) · tr mezun etmek (transitive: to certify (a student) as having earned a degree) · cy graddio (to be recognized by a university as having completed the requirements of a degree) · hu fokbeosztást hoz létre (to mark a scale on (something) so it can be used for measuring) · pt graduar (transitive: to certify (a student) as having earned a degree) · mi whakapōtae (to be recognized by a university as having completed the requirements of a degree) · ja 卒業する (US: to be recognized by a high school as having completed the requirements of a course of study) · pl dyplomować (transitive: to certify (a student) as having earned a degree) · gd ceumnaich (to become a graduate at a ceremony) · vi tốt nghiệp (US: to be recognized by a high school as having completed the requirements of a course of study) · ja 卒業する (to be recognized by a university as having completed the requirements of a degree) · nl afstuderen (to be recognized by a university as having completed the requirements of a degree) · nl gradueren (to mark a scale on (something) so it can be used for measuring) · ru градуи́ровать (to mark a scale on (something) so it can be used for measuring) · ru око́нчить (to be recognized by a university as having completed the requirements of a degree) · fi suorittaa ylioppilastutkinto (US: to be recognized by a high school as having completed the requirements of a course of study) · hu diplomát szerez (to be recognized by a university as having completed the requirements of a degree) · fi saada oppiarvo (to be recognized by a university as having completed the requirements of a degree) · pl wskazać (to mark a scale on (something) so it can be used for measuring) · bg градуирам (to mark a scale on (something) so it can be used for measuring) · hu fokokra oszt (to mark a scale on (something) so it can be used for measuring) · pl otrzymać dyplom ukończenia szkoły średniej (to become a graduate at a ceremony) · cmn 畢業 /毕业 (US: to be recognized by a high school as having completed the requirements of a course of study) · hu fokokra bont (to mark a scale on (something) so it can be used for measuring) · bg дипломирам (transitive: to certify (a student) as having earned a degree) · gd ceumnaich (to be recognized by a university as having completed the requirements of a degree) · fi saada todistus (to become a graduate at a ceremony) · tr mezun olmak (US: to be recognized by a high school as having completed the requirements of a course of study) · de graduieren (to mark a scale on (something) so it can be used for measuring) · hu végez (to be recognized by a university as having completed the requirements of a degree) · hu leérettségizik (US: to be recognized by a high school as having completed the requirements of a course of study) · is útskrifast (to be recognized by a university as having completed the requirements of a degree) · bg абсолвирам се (to become a graduate at a ceremony) · cmn 畢業 /毕业 (to be recognized by a university as having completed the requirements of a degree) · fr obtenir sa licence (to be recognized by a university as having completed the requirements of a degree) · nl promoveren (US: to be recognized by a high school as having completed the requirements of a course of study) · fi myöntää oppiarvo (transitive: to certify (a student) as having earned a degree) · hu elvégez (US: to be recognized by a high school as having completed the requirements of a course of study) · hu lediplomázik (to be recognized by a university as having completed the requirements of a degree) · pt formar-se (to be recognized by a university as having completed the requirements of a degree) · fi suorittaa tutkinto (to be recognized by a university as having completed the requirements of a degree) · ko 졸업하다 (to be recognized by a university as having completed the requirements of a degree) · fi saada oppiarvo (to become a graduate at a ceremony) · ru дипломи́ровать (transitive: to certify (a student) as having earned a degree) · es graduarse (to be recognized by a university as having completed the requirements of a degree) · de graduieren (to be recognized by a university as having completed the requirements of a degree) · fa فارغالتحصیل شدن (to be recognized by a university as having completed the requirements of a degree) · fi valmistua (to become a graduate at a ceremony) · pl ukończyć studia wyższe (to be recognized by a university as having completed the requirements of a degree) · mi whakapōtae (transitive: to certify (a student) as having earned a degree) · hu fokozatokat állapít meg (to mark a scale on (something) so it can be used for measuring) · la gradum suscipere (to be recognized by a university as having completed the requirements of a degree) · hu diplomázik (to be recognized by a university as having completed the requirements of a degree) · vi tốt nghiệp (to be recognized by a university as having completed the requirements of a degree) · it laurearsi (to be recognized by a university as having completed the requirements of a degree) · hu elvégez (to be recognized by a university as having completed the requirements of a degree) · nl promoveren (to be recognized by a university as having completed the requirements of a degree) · cs promovat (to be recognized by a university as having completed the requirements of a degree) · fr diplômer (transitive: to certify (a student) as having earned a degree) · ar تَخَرَّجَ (to be recognized by a university as having completed the requirements of a degree) · hu érettségizik (US: to be recognized by a high school as having completed the requirements of a course of study) · pl ukończyć szkołę średnią (US: to be recognized by a high school as having completed the requirements of a course of study)