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/ˈɡɹæd͡ʒuɪt/
nounadjectiveverb

A person who is recognized as having completed any of various levels of education.

NWL Collins ENABLE

Noun 2 meanings

  1. A person who is recognized as having completed any of various levels of education.

    “If the government wants graduates to stay in the country, they should offer more incentives.”

  2. A graduated (marked) cup or other container, thus fit for measuring.

Adjective 3 meanings

  1. graduated, arranged by degrees

  2. holding an academic degree

  3. relating to an academic degree

Verb 4 meanings

  1. To be recognized by a school or university as having completed the requirements of a degree studied at the institution.

    “The man graduated in 1967.”

  2. To be certified as having earned a degree from; to graduate from (an institution).

    “Trisha graduated college.”

  3. To certify (a student) as having earned a degree

    “Indiana University graduated the student.”

  4. 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.

Definitions: Wiktionary (CC BY-SA) via Kaikki/Wiktextract

Where it comes from

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).

GRADUATE at a glance

GRADUATE has 8 letters and scores 10 points in Scrabble (G 2 + R 1 + A 1 + D 2 + U 1 + A 1 + T 1 + E 1) and 12 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #2,937 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.

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