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Synonyms 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

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Définition 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
Example sentences :
  • 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

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