Dictionary Definition
graduate adj : of or relating to studies beyond a
bachelor's degree; "graduate courses" [syn: graduate(a),
postgraduate]
Noun
1 a person who has received a degree from a
school (high school or college or university) [syn: alumnus, alumna, alum, grad]
2 a measuring instrument for measuring fluid
volume; a glass container (cup or cylinder or flask) whose sides
are marked with or divided into amounts
Verb
1 receive an academic degree upon completion of
one's studies; "She graduated in 1990"
2 confer an academic degree upon; "This school
graduates 2,000 students each year"
3 make fine adjustments or divide into marked
intervals for optimal measuring; "calibrate an instrument";
"graduate a cylinder" [syn: calibrate, fine-tune]
User Contributed Dictionary
Pronunciation
- (noun):
- (UK): /ˈgrædjuət/, /"gr
Extensive Definition
Graduate refers to someone who
has been the subject of a Graduation.
It may also refer to:
- College graduate, someone who has been awarded a degree by a university or college.
- Graduate school, a school that awards advanced degrees.
- Graduate student, a student studying in a graduate school.
- The Graduate, a novel by Charles Webb made into a film in 1967 directed by Mike Nichols.
- The Graduate, a 1967 film directed by Mike Nichols based on the novel of the same name by Charles Webb.
- "Graduate" (song), a song by Third Eye Blind .
- Graduated cylinder, a container with graduated markings used for measuring liquids.
- Graduate (band), the band that Roland Orzabal and Curt Smith were in before forming Tears for Fears.
- High school graduate, someone who has completed high school (in the U.S.).
graduate in German:
Absolvent
graduate in Italian:
Graduate
graduate in Polish:
Absolwent
graduate in Albanian:
Absolventi
graduate in Slovak:
Absolvent
graduate in Slovenian:
Absolvent
Synonyms, Antonyms and Related Words
Admirable Crichton, academic, adept, adjust, advance, aggrandize, alumna, alumnae, alumni, alumnus, ameliorate, amend, appraise, appreciate, artisan, artist, assay, assess, attache, authority, autodidactic, bachelor, be blooded, be
successful, bookish,
bulk, calculate, calibrate, calibrated, caliper, catch on, check a
parameter, click, college
graduate, college man, college-bred, collegiate, come along, come
off, come on, compute,
connaisseur,
connect, connoisseur, consultant, cordon bleu,
crack shot, craftsman,
cross-disciplinary, dead shot, decrease, degrees, develop, dial, differentiate, diplomat, diplomatist, divide, doctoral candidate,
educated class, educated man, elder statesman, elevate, enlarge, ennoble, estimate, evaluate, exalt, experienced hand, expert, expert consultant,
farewell, fathom, gain, gain ground, gauge, get ahead, get along,
go, go ahead, go forward, go
great guns, go off, go over, go over big, go to town, grad, gradate, gradational, grade, gradual, graduate student,
graduate-professional, graduated, group, grow better, handy man,
hierarchic, improve, increase, interdisciplinary,
journeyman, kick
upstairs, knight,
learned, look up, make a
hit, make headway, make progress, make strides, mark, marksman, match, measure, meet with success,
meliorate, mend, mensurate, meritocracy, mete, meter, no slouch, pace, pass, pedagogical, perk up, pick
up, plumb, politician, postgraduate, prefer, prevail, prize, pro, probe, professional, professor, proficient, progress, progressive, promote, proportion, prosper, qualify, quantify, quantize, raise, range, rank, rate, regular, savant, scalar, scale, scholarly, scholastic, schoolboyish, schoolgirlish, schoolish, shade off, shape
up, shark, sharp, show improvement, size, size up, skyrocket, sophomoric, sort, sound, span, statesman, step, studentlike, studious, succeed, survey, take, take a reading, take off,
technical adviser, technician, triangulate, undergraduate, up, upgrade, valuate, value, weigh, work well, work
wonders