graduatenoun [ C ]
uk/ˈɡrædʒ.u.ət/us/ˈɡrædʒ.u.ət/B2 UK a person who has a first degree from a university or college:
a Cambridge graduate
Chris is a physics graduate.
See also
postgraduate
undergraduate
A2 US informal grad a person who has finished their school, college, or university education:
high-school graduates
a graduate of Yale
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- We would prefer to fill the post with a recent graduate.
- A graduate of law and economics from Moscow State University, he had spent his life in academia.
- At present the organization has to rely on young, inexperienced graduates.
- Geography graduates are literate and numerate and have very good IT skills.
- There are numerous opportunities for young graduates.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
University & college education
- academe
- academia
- academic
- business school
- campus
- Cantabrigian
- go up
- grad
- grove
- hall of residence
- honour
- intercollegiate
- junior college
- red-brick
- registrar
- semester
- sorority
- student union
- summa cum laude
- varsity
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Students & pupils
graduateverb
uk/ˈɡrædʒ.u.eɪt/us/ˈɡrædʒ.u.eɪt/graduate verb (EDUCATION)
B2 [ I ] UK to complete a first university degree successfully:
Lorna graduated from Freiburg University.
Tom has just graduated with first-class honours in psychology.
B2 [ I or T ] US to complete school, college, or university successfully:
After he graduated from high school, he joined the Army.
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- His heart swelled with pride as he stood watching his son graduate.
- He graduated with a second-class honours degree in physics.
- Greg and Jody met in their freshman year at college and married soon after they graduated.
- Both their children graduated with degrees in economics.
- She graduates in July.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
University & college education
- academe
- academia
- academic
- business school
- campus
- Cantabrigian
- go up
- grad
- grove
- hall of residence
- honour
- intercollegiate
- junior college
- red-brick
- registrar
- semester
- sorority
- student union
- summa cum laude
- varsity
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graduate verb (PROGRESS)
[ I ] to move forward or improve:
She graduated from being a secretary to running her own department.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Making progress and advancing
- a step forward idiom
- advance
- advancement
- ahead
- be cooking idiom
- betterment
- develop
- go great guns idiom
- grow
- grow into sb/sth
- grow out of sth
- have come a long way idiom
- headway
- rise
- shape
- speciation
- spread your wings idiom
- steer a course/path idiom
- step
- streak ahead
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