Definition of graduate
Nouns
a person who has received a degree from a school (high school or college or university)
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Ivy Leaguer
a student or graduate at an Ivy League school
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old boy
a former male pupil of a school
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bookman, scholar, scholarly person, student
a learned person (especially in the humanities); someone who by long study has gained mastery in one or more disciplines
a measuring instrument for measuring fluid volume; a glass container (cup or cylinder or flask) whose sides are marked with or divided into amounts
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graduated cylinder
a cylindrical graduate
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measuring device, measuring instrument, measuring system
instrument that shows the extent or amount or quantity or degree of something
Verbs
receive an academic degree upon completion of one's studies
"She graduated in 1990"
confer an academic degree upon
"This school graduates 2,000 students each year"
Adjectives
of or relating to studies beyond a bachelor's degree
"graduate courses"
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- postgraduate
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high
greater than normal in degree or intensity or amount
Vocabulary Lists for graduate
J.D. Salinger's "Catcher in the Rye" Chapters 15-26 »(69 words)
Vocabulary study list for J.D. Salinger's "Catcher in...
- nauseate
- raspy
- suffocate
- blase
- inane

