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gradu·ate [graduate graduates graduated graduating] noun, verb
noun BrE [ˈɡrædʒuət] ; NAmE [ˈɡrædʒuət] (also informal grad especially in NAmE)
1. ~ (in sth) a person who has a university degree
•a graduate in history
•a science graduate
•a graduate of Yale/a Yale graduate
•a graduate student/course
2. (NAmE)a person who has completed their school studies
•a high school graduate

Word Origin:
late Middle English: from medieval Latin graduat- ‘graduated’, from graduare ‘take a degree’, from Latin gradus ‘degree, step’.

More About:
students
A student is a person who is studying at a school, college, university, etc.
An undergraduate is a student who is studying for their first degree at a university or college.
In BrE, a graduate is a person who has completed a first degree at a university or college. In NAmE graduate is usually used with another noun and can also apply to a person who has finished high school: ▪ a high school graduate ◇ ▪ a graduate student.
A postgraduate is a person who has finished a first degree and is doing advanced study or research. This is the usual term in BrE, but it is formal in NAmE and graduate student is usually used instead.

Example Bank:
•She has taught at both the undergraduate and graduate levels.
•The company places great importance on graduate recruitment and training.
•a graduate in sociology
•job opportunities for university graduates
•high school graduates

verb BrE [ˈɡrædʒueɪt] ; NAmE [ˈɡrædʒueɪt]
1. intransitive, transitive to get a degree, especially your first degree, from a university or college
•~ (in sth) Only three students graduated in Czech studies last year.
•~ (from…) She graduated from Harvard this year.
•He graduated from York with a degree in Psychology.
•~ sth (NAmE)She graduated college last year.
2. intransitive, transitive (NAmE)to complete a course in education, especially at ↑high school
•~ (from…) Martha graduated from high school two years ago.
•~ sth Martha graduated high school two years ago.
3. transitive ~ sb (from sth) (NAmE)to give a degree, ↑diploma, etc. to sb
•The college graduated 50 students last year.
4. intransitive ~ (from sth) to sth to start doing sth more difficult or important than what you were doing before
•She recently graduated from being a dancer to having a small role in a movie.
Verb forms:

Word Origin:
late Middle English: from medieval Latin graduat- ‘graduated’, from graduare ‘take a degree’, from Latin gradus ‘degree, step’.

Collocations:
Education
Learning
acquire/get/lack (an) education/training/(BrE) (some) qualifications
receive/provide sb with training/tuition
develop/design/plan a curriculum/(especially BrE) course/(NAmE) program/syllabus
give/go to/attend a class/lesson/lecture/seminar
hold/run/conduct a class/seminar/workshop
sign up for/take a course/classes/lessons
School
go to/start preschool/kindergarten/nursery school
be in the first, second, etc. (NAmE) grade/(especially BrE) year (at school)
study/take/drop history/chemistry/German, etc.
(BrE) leave/finish/drop out of/ (NAmE) quit school
(NAmE) graduate high school/college
Problems at school
be the victim/target of bullying
(BrE) play truant from/ (both BrE, informal) bunk off/skive off school (= not go to school when you should)
(both especially NAmE) skip/cut class/school
(BrE) cheat in/(NAmE) cheat on an exam/a test
get/be given a detention (for doing sth)
be expelled from/be suspended from school
Work and exams
do your homework/(BrE) revision/a project on sth
work on/write/do/submit an essay/a dissertation/a thesis/an assignment/(NAmE) a paper
finish/complete your dissertation/thesis/studies/coursework
hand in/ (NAmE) turn in your homework/essay/assignment/paper
study/prepare/ (BrE) revise/ (NAmE) review/ (NAmE, informal) cram for a test/an exam
take/ (both BrE) do/sit a test/an exam
(especially BrE) mark/ (especially NAmE) grade homework/a test
(BrE) do well in/ (NAmE) do well on/ (informal, especially NAmE) ace a test/an exam
pass/fail/ (informal, especially NAmE) flunk a test/an exam/a class/a course/a subject
University
apply to/get into/go to/start college/(BrE) university
leave/graduate from law school/college/(BrE) university (with a degree in computer science)
study for/take/ (BrE) do/complete a law degree/a degree in physics
(both NAmE) major/minor in biology/philosophy
earn/receive/be awarded/get/have/hold a master's degree/a bachelor's degree/a PhD in economics

Example Bank:
•He graduated with first-class honours in History.
•Only thirty students graduated in Chinese last year.
•She graduated from Bristol University in 2005.
•She taught in France after graduating.

See also: ↑grad