grad|u|ate

grad|u|ate: grad|u|ate «verb. GRAJ u ayt; noun, adjective. GRAJ u iht», verb, -at|ed, -at|ing, noun, adjective.

–v.i.

1. to finish a course of study at a school, college, or university and receive a diploma or paper saying so: »Her brother graduated from the university last year.

2. to change gradually.

–v.t.

1. to give a diploma or other document to (a student) for finishing a course of study: »He was graduated with honors. $228,000 [was] spent on a nurses' school that had graduated only forty-three nurses in seven years (Harper's).

2. a) to mark out in equal spaces for measuring: »My ruler is graduated in inches. A thermometer is graduated in degrees.
b) to arrange in regular steps, stages, or degrees: »The federal income tax is graduated so that people who make more money pay a higher rate of taxes.

–n.

1. a person who has finished a course of study and has his diploma: »The professor was a graduate of several schools.
SYNONYM(S): alumnus.

2. a) a container marked with degrees or quantities for measuring. b) the quantity held in such a container.

–adj.

1. that has graduated, especially from a college or university; holding a bachelor's degree: »a graduate student.

2. of or for graduates: »a graduate course, graduate study.

╂[< Medieval Latin graduari (with English -ate¹) to take a degree, graduate < Latin gradus, -ūs step, grade]

Usage graduate. Except in formal writing, the passive form to be graduated from is now usually replaced by the active form: »She graduated from Smith in 1961.

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grad|u|ate|ship — «GRAJ u iht shihp», noun. the period or condition of being a graduate … Useful english dictionary
post|grad|u|ate — «pohst GRAJ u iht», noun, adjective. –n. a student who continues studying in college or at school after graduation; graduate student. –adj. 1. taking a course of study after graduation. 2. of or for postgraduates: »postgraduate medical study … Useful english dictionary
un|der|grad|u|ate|ship — «UHN duhr GRAJ u iht shihp», noun. the condition or standing of an undergraduate … Useful english dictionary
un|der|grad|u|ate — «UHN duhr GRAJ u iht», noun, adjective. –n. a student in a college or university who has not yet received a degree. –adj. 1. of or like undergraduates. 2. for undergraduates. 3. that is an undergraduate … Useful english dictionary
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ate — ab·bre·vi·ate; ac·cel·er·ate; acra·ni·ate; ac·u·ate; acu·le·ate; ac·yl·ate; adul·ter·ate; af·fec·tion·ate; af·fil·i·ate; ag·ate; ag·glom·er·ate; al·kyl·ate; al·lit·er·ate; am·mo·ni·ate; ap·pro·pri·ate; ar·che·go·ni·ate; as·cid·i·ate; as·per·ate;… … English syllables
un·der·grad·u·ate — /ˌʌndɚˈgræʤəwət/ noun, pl ates [count] : a student at a college or university who has not yet earned a degree a group of college undergraduates often used before another noun an undergraduate program undergraduate classes … Useful english dictionary
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