graduate

English

Wikipedia

Etymology

Latin gradus (“step”).

Pronunciation

Noun

• (UK) IPA: /ˈɡrædjuət/, SAMPA: /"gr{dju@t/
• (US) enPR: grăjʹo͞o-ĭt, IPA: /ˈɡrædʒuɪt/, SAMPA: /"gr{dZuIt/

Verb

• (UK) IPA: /ˈɡrædjueɪt/, SAMPA: /"gr{djueIt/
• (US) enPR: grăjʹo͞o-āt, IPA: /ˈɡrædʒueɪt/, SAMPA: /"gr{dZueIt/

Noun

graduate (plural graduates)

1. A person who is recognized by a university as having completed the requirements of a degree studied at the institution
2. (US) A person who is recognized by a high school as having completed the requirements of a course of study at the school
3. A graduated (marked) cup or other container, thus fit for measuring

Antonyms

• (person recognized for having finished studies): student, drop-out

Coordinate terms

• (person recognized by school): graduand, undergraduate, postgraduate

Translations

from a university

Chinese: Mandarin: 畢業生 (cmn), 毕业生 (cmn) (bìyèshēng) Czech: absolvent (cs) m. Danish: akademiker (da) Dutch: afgestudeerde (nl) m. Finnish: No exact equivalent, check maisteri, valmistua, tutkinto for usage. French: licencié (fr) m., licenciée (fr) f., diplômé (fr) m., diplômée (fr) f.

German: Graduierter (de) m., Graduierte (de) f. Irish: céimí (ga) m. Italian: laureato (it) m., laureata (it) f. Japanese: 卒業生 (ja) (そつぎょうせい, sotsugyōsei) Latin: graduatus (la) m., graduata (la) f. Russian: выпускник (ru) (vypuskník) m., выпускница (ru) (vypuskníca) f., дипломант (ru) (diplománt) m., дипломантка (ru) (diplomántka) f.

US: from a high school

Chinese: Mandarin: 畢業生 (cmn), 毕业生 (cmn) (bìyèshēng) Dutch: abituriënt (nl) m. Finnish: ylioppilas (fi)

German: Absolvent (de) m., Absolventin (de) f. Italian: diplomato (it) m., diplomata (it) f. Japanese: 卒業生 (ja) (そつぎょうせい, sotsugyōsei) Russian: выпускник (ru) (vypuskník) m., выпускница (ru) (vypuskníca) f.

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Interlingua: graduato m., graduata f. Spanish: graduado m., graduada f.

Adjective

graduate (comparative more graduate, superlative most graduate)

1. graduated, arranged by degrees
2. holding an academic degree
3. relating to an academic degree

Verb

graduate (third-person singular simple present graduates, present participle graduating, simple past and past participle graduated)

1. (intransitive, ergative) To be recognized by a school or university as having completed the requirements of a degree studied at the institution. See note on “from” usage.

   The man graduated in 1967.

   Trisha graduated from college.

   Trisha graduated college.

2. (transitive) To certify (a student) as having earned a degree

   Indiana University graduated the student.

3. (transitive) To mark a scale on (something) so that it can be used for measuring
4. (intransitive) To change gradually

Usage notes

In the sense “to complete studies”, the preposition “from” is often used, but may be dropped in informal speech, as in “I just graduated from college” vs. (informal) “I just graduated college”. This varies between speakers, and some speakers consider “from” required, marking “I graduated college” as incorrect or uneducated.

Note also that the subject and object can switch between the school and the student: “I graduated [from] Indiana University last year” vs. “Indiana University graduated me last year”.

Derived terms

• graduator

Translations

to be recognized by a university as having completed the requirements of a degree

Arabic: درج (ar) (darraja), تخرج (ar) (takhárraja) Chinese: Mandarin: 畢業 (cmn), 毕业 (cmn) (bìyè) Czech: promovat (cs) Dutch: promoveren (nl), afstuderen (nl) Finnish: valmistua, suorittaa tutkinto, saada oppiarvo

French: obtenir sa licence German: absolvieren (de) Italian: laurearsi (it) Japanese: 卒業する (そつぎょうする, sotsugyōsuru) Latin: (literally, to receive a degree) gradum suscipere (la), (literally, to attain a diploma of studies) diploma studiorum adipisci (la) Russian: окончить (ru) (okónčit') (+ учебное заведение) Scottish Gaelic: ceumnaich (gd)

US: to be recognized by a high school as having completed the requirements of a course of study

Chinese: Mandarin: 畢業 (cmn), 毕业 (cmn) (bìyè) Dutch: promoveren (nl), afstuderen (nl)

Finnish: suorittaa ylioppilastutkinto Japanese: 卒業する (そつぎょうする, sotsugyōsuru)

to become a graduate at a ceremony

Finnish: valmistua (fi), saada oppiarvo, saada todistus French: devenir licencié m., devenir licenciée f.

Scottish Gaelic: ceumnaich (gd)

transitive: to certify (a student) as having earned a degree

Dutch: promoveren (nl) Finnish: antaa todistus, myöntää oppiarvo

French: diplômer (fr) Latin: (literally, to admit someone to a degree) ad gradum admittere (la)

to mark a scale on (something) so it can be used for measuring

Dutch: gradueren

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Interlingua: graduar Maori: puta Spanish: graduar

Related terms

• grade
• graduation

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Italian

Verb

graduate

1. second-person plural present indicative of graduare
2. second-person plural imperative of graduare
3. Feminine plural of graduato

Anagrams

• guardate

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Latin

Adjective

graduāte

1. vocative masculine singular of graduātus