graduate

grad|u|ate1 [ `grædʒuət ] noun count **

1. ) AMERICAN someone who has finished their studies at a HIGH SCHOOL, college, or university:

Is Jane a high school graduate?

graduate of: All three were graduates of the same university.

2. ) someone who has a degree from a university or college:

careers for history graduates

graduate in: Candidates should be graduates in science or engineering.

an Oxford graduate

graduate

grad|u|ate 2 [ `grædʒu,eıt ] verb *

1. ) intransitive to complete your studies at a school such as a HIGH SCHOOL, college, or university and get a DIPLOMA or a degree:

graduate from: He graduated from Yale University in 1936.

graduate in: one of the first women to graduate in history and languages at the Sorbonne

2. ) transitive to give a student a degree or other qualification after a course of study:

Universities in Thailand graduate 6,000 engineers each year.

graduate (from something) to something

to make progress or reach a higher position:

He eventually graduated from clerical work to his present role.

Some children had graduated to reading books without pictures.

graduate

grad|u|ate 3 [ `grædʒuət ] adjective only before noun

1. ) AMERICAN relating to or involved in studying for a MASTER'S DEGREE or a DOCTORATE after receiving your first degree from a college or university. British postgraduate:

graduate students

2. ) graduate studies and courses are for students who already have a degree. British usually postgraduate