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- parts of speech:
- intransitive verb, transitive verb, noun, adjective
- features:
- Word Combinations (verb, noun), Word Explorer, Word Parts
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intransitive verb |
| pronunciation: |
grae
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eIt
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| inflections: |
graduates, graduating, graduated |
| definition 1: |
to be given a degree or diploma upon completing studies at a school, college, or university.
My daughter will be graduating from high school this spring.He will not graduate if he doesn't fulfill his science requirement. |
| definition 2: |
to change by degrees.
The penalties graduate according to the seriousness of the offense.- similar words:
- change
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qualify |
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| part of speech: |
transitive verb |
| pronunciation: |
grae
ju
eIt
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| definition 1: |
to grant a degree or diploma to.
The school graduated him even though he had not completed his work. |
| definition 2: |
to arrange or divide by degrees, levels, or grades.
The state has begun to graduate driver's licenses so that a young driver becomes fully licensed only over time.- synonyms:
- categorize, class, classify, grade, rank, rate, sort, type
- similar words:
- arrange, group, order, pigeonhole, place, position, size, value
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fit, form |
adverb + (v.)graduate
shortly
(v.)graduate
+ noun
assistant, bachelor, class, course, degree, diploma, grade, honor, law, physics, program, psychology, school, senior, spring, starter, student, valedictorian
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noun |
| pronunciation: |
grae
ju
iht
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| definition: |
one who has completed academic requirements and obtained a degree or diploma.
She is a graduate of Harvard University.Many graduates return to the school for homecoming weekend in the fall.
- synonyms:
- grad
- similar words:
- alumna, alumnus, bachelor, doctor
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adjective + (n.)graduate
advanced, associate, distinguished, doctoral, fellow, female, high, male, nursing, occupational, part-time, prospective, qualified, recent, unemployed, vocational
verb + (n.)graduate
attend, complete, enroll, enter, hire, pursue, recruit, supervise, survey, teach
(n.)graduate
+ verb
award, bind, earn
noun + (n.)graduate
academy,
accounting,
college,
competency,
counselor,
credentials,
dean,
engineering,
graduation,
high-school,
mathematics,
mentor,
minority,
percentage,
placement,
preparation,
professor,
proportion,
semester,
seminary,
supervisor,
survey,
university
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| part of speech: |
adjective |
| pronunciation: |
grae
ju
iht
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| definition: |
of or pertaining to study beyond a bachelor's degree.
She wants to go on for a graduate degree.The university has a highly respected graduate program in engineering.His friends are mostly other graduate students.- similar words:
- postgraduate
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The word graduate
contains the following parts:
grad, -grade
Latin
root
that means go, step, degree
  Example words:
biodegradable, centigrade, degrade, downgrade, gradate, gradation, grade, gradient, gradual, graduate, ingredient, plantigrade, postgraduate, retrograde, upgrade
-ate1
Latin
verb-forming suffix
that means to make, cause, do
More about this word part:
The suffix -ate
primarily forms transitive verbs from Latin bases. Many -ate
verbs were loanwords from Latin. Verbs ending in -ate
combine with the suffix -ion to form nouns ending in -ation. These verbs also have corresponding agent nouns ending in -ator (navigator, dictator, elevator).
Example words:
abbreviate, abdicate, abnegate, accelerate, accommodate, accumulate, activate, adequate, adjudicate, administrate, administrative, administrator, advocate, aerate, affiliate, agglomerate, agglutinate, aggravate, agitate, alienate, allocate, alternate, animate, annihilate, annotate, arrogate, aspirate, assimilate, associate, calibrate, capitulate, cerebrate, circulate, collaborate, collocate, commemorate, complicate, concentrate, congregate, consecrate, consummate, cooperate, coordinate, decapitate, decelerate, decerebrate, decimate, dedicate, dehydrate, deliberate, derogate, desecrate, dictate, disintegrate, dislocate, dissimulate, dissociate, divagate, domesticate, dominate, donate, duplicate, educate, elaborate, elevate, elongate, elucidate, emasculate, emigrate, enervate, enunciate, equate, equivocate, eradicate, evacuate, exasperate, exfoliate, expurgate, fluctuate, formulate, generate, gradate, graduate, gyrate, illuminate, illustrate, implicate, incorporate, indoctrinate, innovate, interpellate, interrogate, irradiate, irrigate, legislate, liberate, locate, mediate, motivate, narrate, navigate, negate, nominate, obliterate, operate, orate, originate, ovulate, palpate, participate, placate, populate, prognosticate, proliferate, radiate, regulate, resonate, rotate, segregate, simulate, subjugate, terminate, vacate, validate, contraindicate
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