graduate

🇺🇸 /ˈɡrædʒuət/ 🇬🇧 /ˈɡrædʒuət/
Frequency
Difficulty
Tags TOP3000Oxford3000CEFR-B2
noun
B1

a person with a university degree

She is a graduate from a top university.

B1

a person who finished school

He is a high school graduate looking for work.

verb
B1

to get a degree from a university

She will graduate from college next month.

B1

to finish a school course

He will graduate from high school this year.

R

to give a degree to someone

The school will graduate 200 students this spring.

R

to move to a higher level

She graduated from assistant to manager last year.

translation

n. a person with a university degree; a person who finished school
v. to get a degree from a university; to finish a school course; to give a degree to someone; to move to a higher level

Word Forms

3rd Present graduates
Progressive graduating
Past graduated
Plural graduates
Perfect graduated