Antonyms for graduate
| Grammar : Noun, verb |
| Spell : noun, adjective graj-oo-it, -eyt; verb graj-oo-eyt |
| Phonetic Transcription : noun, adjective ˈgrædʒ u ɪt, -ˌeɪt; verb ˈgrædʒ uˌeɪt |
Definition of graduate
Origin :- early 15c., "one who holds a degree" (with man; as a stand-alone noun from mid-15c.), from Medieval Latin graduatus, past participle of graduari "to take a degree," from Latin gradus "step, grade" (see grade). As an adjective, from late 15c.
- noun person who completes education, pursuit
- verb complete education, pursuit
- verb classify, grade
- I wonder—women on the stage do get big sums, and they often graduate from it to society.
- Extract from : « The Bacillus of Beauty » by Harriet Stark
- Father for the first time visited college to see me graduate.
- Extract from : « The Bacillus of Beauty » by Harriet Stark
- Is there a curve in it which I can modulate—a line which I can graduate—a vacancy I can fill?
- Extract from : « Modern Painters Volume I (of V) » by John Ruskin
- At the very time he left for college, she returned––a graduate.
- Extract from : « A Breath of Prairie and other stories » by Will Lillibridge
- Don't need any Normal School graduate to do that sum for us.
- Extract from : « Cy Whittaker's Place » by Joseph C. Lincoln
- It looked as if their star student might not be allowed to graduate.
- Extract from : « Herbert Hoover » by Vernon Kellogg
- The graduate may be obtained in any size up to 64 ounces, or two quarts.
- Extract from : « The Automobile Storage Battery » by O. A. Witte
- Although the graduate is marked in ounces, it is for ounces of water only.
- Extract from : « The Automobile Storage Battery » by O. A. Witte
- But if the proportions of acid and water are taken by volume, the graduate may be used.
- Extract from : « The Automobile Storage Battery » by O. A. Witte
- The graduate department was not made a separate school, however, until 1890.
- Extract from : « College Teaching » by Paul Klapper
Synonyms for graduate
- alum
- alumnus
- arrange
- baccalaureate
- bachelor
- be commissioned
- calibrate
- certify
- class
- collegian
- confer degree
- diplomate
- doctor
- earn
- finish
- former student
- get a degree
- get out
- give sheepskin
- grad
- grant diploma
- group
- holder
- licentiate
- mark off
- master
- measure
- measure out
- order
- Ph.D.
- product
- proportion
- range
- rank
- recipient
- regulate
- sort
- take a degree
- win
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