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(grăj'ū-āt') pronunciation

v., -at·ed, -at·ing, -ates.

v.intr.
  1. To be granted an academic degree or diploma: Two thirds of the entering freshmen stayed to graduate.
    1. To change gradually or by degrees.
    2. To advance to a new level of skill, achievement, or activity: After a summer of diving instruction, they had all graduated to back flips.
v.tr.
    1. To grant an academic degree or diploma to: The teachers hope to graduate her this spring.
    2. Usage Problem. To receive an academic degree from.
  1. To arrange or divide into categories, steps, or grades.
  2. To divide into marked intervals, especially for use in measurement.
n. (-ĭt)
  1. One who has received an academic degree or diploma.
  2. A graduated container, such as a cylinder or beaker.
adj. (-ĭt)
  1. Possessing an academic degree or diploma.
  2. Of, intended for, or relating to studies beyond a bachelor's degree: graduate courses.

[Middle English graduaten, to confer a degree, from Medieval Latin graduārī, graduāt-, to take a degree, from Latin gradus, step. See grade.]

graduator grad'u·a'tor n.

USAGE NOTE   The verb graduate has denoted the action of conferring an academic degree or diploma since at least 1421. Accordingly, the action of receiving a degree should be expressed in the passive, as in She was graduated from Yale in 1998. This use is still current, if old-fashioned, and is acceptable to 78 percent of the Usage Panel. In general usage, however, it has largely yielded to the much more recent active pattern (first attested in 1807): She graduated from Yale in 1998. Eighty-nine percent of the Panel accepts this use. It has the advantage of ascribing the accomplishment to the student, rather than to the institution, which is usually appropriate in discussions of individual students. When the institution's responsibility is emphasized, however, the older pattern may still be recommended. A sentence such as The university graduated more computer science majors in 1997 than in the entire previous decade stresses the university's accomplishment, say, of its computer science program. On the other hand, the sentence More computer science majors graduated in 1997 than in the entire previous decade implies that the class of 1997 was in some way a remarkable group. • The Usage Panel feels quite differently about the use of graduate to mean "to receive a degree from," as in She graduated Yale in 1998. Seventy-seven percent object to this usage.



n

Definition: person who completes education, pursuit
Antonyms: undergraduate

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1. person who has received a degree from a university or college.
2. a measuring vessel marked by a series of lines.

  • g. programs — educational programs for persons who already have their basic degree that entitles them to practice. Includes programs provided for persons attempting postgraduate research degrees, vocational diplomas and coursework masterates, and for refresher and update courses for professional veterinarians under the general heading of professional continuing education.
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For a list of words related to graduate, see:
  • Colleges and Universities - graduate: (vb) complete course of study; confer or receive degree; (n) student who has completed studies and received degree


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Graduate

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - kandidat, en der har taget afsluttende eksamen fra højere læreanstalt
v. intr. - tage afsluttende eksamen, tage embedseksamen, dimittere, ændres gradvist
v. tr. - inddele i grader, tildele universitetsgrad
adj. - akademisk uddannet, fuldt uddannet

idioms:

  • graduate school    afdeling af universitet for studier efter BA eksamen

Nederlands (Dutch)
afstuderen, een diploma behalen, gradueren, promotie maken, geleidelijk overgaan, als bekwaam erkennen, postdoctoraal, afgestudeerd(e), gediplomeerd(e), maatglas/-beker

Français (French)
n. - (Univ) diplômé, (US, École) bachelier
v. intr. - terminer ses études (à), (US, École) finir le lycée, passer (de qch) à qch
v. tr. - (Tech) graduer, (US) conférer un diplôme à, (US) sortir de/être diplômé de
adj. - (Univ) diplômé

idioms:

  • graduate school    (US) troisième cycle

Deutsch (German)
v. - ein Studium abschließen, graduieren, mit Gradeinteilungen versehen, einstufen, übergehen
n. - Akademiker, Graduierter
adj. - graduiert

idioms:

  • graduate school    Hochschulabteilung für Graduierte

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - αποφοιτώ, βαθμοθετώ
n. - απόφοιτος, πτυχιούχος
adj. - απόφοιτος, πτυχιούχος, πτυχιακός

idioms:

  • graduate school    σχολή μεταπτυχιακών σπουδών, τεταρτοβάθμια σχολή

Italiano (Italian)
diplomarsi, laureato, diplomato

idioms:

  • graduate school    scuola superiore

Português (Portuguese)
v. - graduar-se, classificar-se
n. - diplomado (m), frasco (m) graduado (Quím.)
adj. - graduado, diplomado

idioms:

  • graduate school    escola (f) de doutoramento

Русский (Russian)
оканчивать (учебное заведение), градуировать, располагать на шкале, выпускник

idioms:

  • graduate school    аспирантура

Español (Spanish)
n. - graduado, licenciado, calificado, diplomado, titulado
v. intr. - graduarse, licenciarse, diplomarse, sacar el título, cambiar gradualmente
v. tr. - otorgar un título o diploma al culminar estudios
adj. - graduado, licenciado, diplomado, titulado, relativo a estudios más avanzados que el primer grado de bachillerato

idioms:

  • graduate school    escuela para graduados, curso de postgrado

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - ta (akademisk) examen, gradvis övergå, utexaminera
n. - akademiker, mätglas
adj. - med akademisk examen, utbildad

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
学位获得者, 毕业生, 研究生, 毕业, 逐渐变为, 得学位, 准予...毕业, 分等级, 授予...学位, 已得学位的, 毕业生的, 研究院的

idioms:

  • graduate school    研究所

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 學位獲得者, 畢業生, 研究生
v. intr. - 畢業, 逐漸變為, 得學位
v. tr. - 准予...畢業, 分等級, 授予...學位
adj. - 已得學位的, 畢業生的, 研究院的

idioms:

  • graduate school    研究所

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 졸업생, 대학원생, 눈금을 새긴 그릇
v. intr. - 졸업하다, 점차 변화하다
v. tr. - 졸업 시키다, 눈금을 매기다, 단계를 나누다, 농축하다
adj. - 학사의, 대학원의

日本語 (Japanese)
v. - 卒業する, 卒業させる, 目盛りを付ける, 段階を付ける, 等級を付ける, 進む
n. - 卒業生, 卒業した
adj. - 大学院の

idioms:

  • graduate school    大学院

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) يخرج (الاسم) الشخص المتخرج : خريج جامعه او كليه (صفه) له علاقه بالدراسات العليا بعد البكالوريوس, او الليسانس‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮בוגר (בי"ס)‬
v. intr. - ‮סיים לימודים, התקדם לדרגת פעילות גבוהה יותר, עבר בדרגות‬
v. tr. - ‮העניק תואר, סימן מידות, שינת, כייל, סיווג‬
adj. - ‮קשור ללימודים אקדמיים מעבר לתואר הראשון, בעל תואר אקדמי‬


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