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grad·u·ate  (grj-t)

v. grad·u·at·ed, grad·u·at·ing, grad·u·ates

v.intr.

1. To be granted an academic degree or diploma: Two thirds of the entering freshmen stayed to graduate.

2.

a. To change gradually or by degrees.

b. 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.

a. To grant an academic degree or diploma to: The teachers hope to graduate her this spring.

b. Usage Problem To receive an academic degree from.

2. To arrange or divide into categories, steps, or grades.

3. To divide into marked intervals, especially for use in measurement.

n. (-t)

1. One who has received an academic degree or diploma.

2. A graduated container, such as a cylinder or beaker.

adj. (-t)

1. Possessing an academic degree or diploma.

2. Of, intended for, or relating to studies beyond a bachelor's degree: graduate courses.

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[Middle English graduaten, to confer a degree, from Medieval Latin gradur, gradut-, to take a degree, from Latin gradus, step; see grade.]

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gradu·ator 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.

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graduate

Noun

1. a person who holds a university or college degree

2. US & Canad a student who has completed a course of studies at a high school and received a diploma

3. same as postgraduate

Verb

[-ating, -ated]

1. to receive a degree or diploma

2. to change by degrees: the winds graduate from tropical storms to cyclones

3. to mark (a measuring flask or instrument) with units of measurement [Latin gradus a step]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	graduate - a person who has received a degree from a school (high school or college or university) alumna, alumnus, grad, alum Ivy Leaguer - a student or graduate at an Ivy League school old boy - a former male pupil of a school bookman, scholar, scholarly person, student - a learned person (especially in the humanities); someone who by long study has gained mastery in one or more disciplines
	2.	graduate - a measuring instrument for measuring fluid volume; a glass container (cup or cylinder or flask) whose sides are marked with or divided into amounts graduated cylinder - a cylindrical graduate measuring device, measuring instrument, measuring system - instrument that shows the extent or amount or quantity or degree of something
Verb	1.	graduate - receive an academic degree upon completion of one's studies; "She graduated in 1990" receive, have - get something; come into possession of; "receive payment"; "receive a gift"; "receive letters from the front"
	2.	graduate - confer an academic degree upon; "This school graduates 2,000 students each year" bestow, confer - present; "The university conferred a degree on its most famous former student, who never graduated"; "bestow an honor on someone"
	3.	graduate - make fine adjustments or divide into marked intervals for optimal measuring; "calibrate an instrument"; "graduate a cylinder" calibrate, fine-tune adjust, correct, set - alter or regulate so as to achieve accuracy or conform to a standard; "Adjust the clock, please"; "correct the alignment of the front wheels"
Adj.	1.	graduate - of or relating to studies beyond a bachelor's degree; "graduate courses" postgraduate high - greater than normal in degree or intensity or amount; "a high temperature"; "a high price"; "the high point of his career"; "high risks"; "has high hopes"; "the river is high"; "he has a high opinion of himself"

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graduate

verb 1. mark off, grade, proportion, regulate, gauge, calibrate, measure out

verb 2. classify, rank, grade, group, order, sort, range, arrange, sequence

Translations

graduate n [ˈgrædjuɪt] → licenciado/a, graduado/a, egresado/a (LAM);

(US) (SCOL) → bachiller m/f

vi [ˈgrædjueɪt] → licenciarse, graduarse, recibirse (LAM);

(US) → obtener el título de bachillerato

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graduate n [ˈgrædjuɪt] → diplômé(e) d'université;

(US) (of high school) → diplômé(e) de fin d'études

vi [ˈgrædjueɪt] → obtenir un diplôme d'université (or de fin d'études)

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graduate n [ˈgrædjuɪt]

vi [ˈgrædjueɪt]

n (of university) → Hochschulabsolvent(in) m(f);

(US) (of high school) → Schulabgänger(in) m(f)

vi (from university) → graduieren;

(US) → die (Schul)abschlussprüfung bestehen

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graduate n [ˈgrædjuɪt] → laureato/a;

(US ) (SCOL) → diplomato/a, licenziato/a

vi [ˈgrædjueɪt] → laurearsi

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graduate

v graduate [ˈgradjueit]

1 to receive a degree, diploma etc He graduated in German and French. gradueer يَتَخَرَّج дипломирам се promovat, absolvovat bestå universitetseksamen promovieren αποφοιτώ diplomarse en, licenciarse en kooli lõpetama; teaduslikku kraadi saama فارغ التحصیل شدن valmistua, saada päästötodistus obtenir son diplôme לְקַבֵּל תוֹאָר उपाधि प्राप्त करना diplomirati, maturirati diplomát szerez; végez menerima ijazah útskrifast diplomarsi; laurearsi 学位を受ける 졸업하다 baigti (mokslus), gauti diplomą beigt (mācību iestādi); saņemt diplomu/zinātnisku grādu mempunyai ijazah afstuderen, een bul/diploma behalen ta avsluttende eksamen, få vitnemål zostać absolwentem licenciar-se a absolvi (o şcoală, un curs) получить степень, диплом promovať (z) diplomirati diplomirati avlägga (ta) examen ได้รับปริญญา mezun olmak 畢業 отримувати ступінь, диплом ڈگری یا ڈپلوما یافتہ tốt nghiệp 毕业

2 to mark out with regular divisions A thermometer is graduated in degrees. in grade indeel يُقَسِّم إلى دَرجات нанасям деления (od)stupňovat, rozdělit inddele abstufen διαβαθμίζω, βαθμονομώ graduar pügaldama درجه بندی کردن jakaa graduer לְשַׁנֵת, לְסָמֵן לְפִי מִידוֹת बराबर बराबर अंकन razdijeliti po stupnjevima fokbeosztással ellát memberi tanda secara bertingkat stigmerkja, kvarða graduare 目盛りをつける 눈금을 매기다 suskirstyti skalę padalomis, sugraduoti graduēt, sadalīt iedaļās disenggatkan gradueren, in graden verdelen dele inn i grader, gradere wyskalować graduar a grada градуировать rozdeliť, odstupňovať razdeliti po stopnjah ravnomerno obeležiti gradera ค่อย ๆ เปลี่ยนแปลง derecelere ayırmak 標上刻度 калібрувати; градуювати درجوں یا حصوں میں نشان زد کرنا chia độ 标上刻度

[-ət] n

a person who has been awarded a degree or diploma a graduate in French. gegradueerde خِرّيج جامعه أو كُلِيَّه، مُتَخَرِّج висшист absolvent kandidat der/die Graduierte, der/die Absolvent(in) πτυχιούχος, απόφοιτος diplomado, licenciado koolilõpetaja, teadusliku kraadi saanu فارغ التحصیل loppututkinnon suorittanut, päästötodistuksen saanut diplômé/-ée בּוֹגֵר स्नातक diplomiran stručnjak diplomás (ember), egyetemet v. főiskolát végzett (személy) tamatan útskrifaður nemandi diplomato; laureato 卒業生 학사, 졸업생 absolventas, žmogus su aukštuoju išsilavinimu, turintis diplomą absolvents; zinātniskā grāda ieguvējs siswazah afgestudeerde; gediplomeerde en som har fått eksamen; akademiker absolwent licenciado licenţiat выпускник absolvent, -ka diplomant diplomirani student person med akademisk examen ผู้สำเร็จการศึกษา ...mezunu 大學畢業生 випускник вищого навчального закладу ڈگری یا ڈپلومہ یافتہ شخص người có bằng cấp 大学毕业生

n graduˈation

1 the act or ceremony of graduating from a college, university etc The graduation will be held in the large hall; (also adjective ) a graduation ceremony. gradeplegtigheid حَفْلَة تَخْريج завършване на учебно заведение promoce; promoční dimissionsceremoni; dimissions- das Absolvieren αποφοίτηση graduación, ceremonia de entrega de un título universitario (kooli) lõpetamine مراسم فراغت از تحصیل valmistuminen remise des diplômes טֶקֶס סִיוּם स्नातकत promocija egyetemi avatás, diplomaátadás wisuda útskrift conferimento del diploma; conferimento della laurea 卒業式 졸업식 diplomų įteikimas absolvēšana; zinātniskā grāda piešķiršana/piešķiršanas ceremonija upacara penyampaian ijazah diploma-uitreiking eksamenshøytidelighet absolutorium formatura de­cer­na­re (a unei diplome) вручение дипломов promócia; promočný podelitev diplom maturiranje [] akademisk examen การสำเร็จการศึกษา mezuniyet; diploma töreni 畢業典禮 роздача дипломів ڈگریاں عطا کرنے کی تقریب sự tốt nghiệp 毕业典礼

2 a marked division the graduations on a thermometer. graadindeling تَقسيم إلى دَرجات деление на скала stupnice inddeling die Abstufung διαβάθμιση graduación pügal درجه بندی asteikko graduation שְׁנַתוֹת निशान označen razdjeljak fokbeosztás tanda pembagian stigmerking, kvörðun graduazione 目盛り 눈금 padala gradācija senggatan schaalverdeling skala, gradinndeling wyskalowanie graduação divizare деления stupnica lestvica obeleženi podeljci gradering, skala เปลี่ยนแปลง derece çizgisi 刻度 градуювання نشان زد درجہ chia từng độ 刻度