Nearby Words
Graduation www.local.com/ Check Out Local.com To Find Graduation In Your Area!
Graduating www.ask.com/Graduating Get Graduating Find Graduating
Graduating www.peeplo.com/Graduating All About Graduating Graduating in One Site!
Ads
grad·u·ate
[n., adj. graj-oo-it, -eyt; v. graj-oo-eyt] noun, adjective, verb, grad·u·at·ed, grad·u·at·ing. noun
1.
a person who has received a degree or diploma on completing a course of study, as in a university, college, or school.
2.
a student who holds the bachelor's or the first professional degree and is studying for an advanced degree.
3.
a cylindrical or tapering graduated container, used for measuring.
adjective
4.
of, pertaining to, or involved in academic study beyond the first or bachelor's degree: graduate courses in business; a graduate student.
5.
having an academic degree or diploma: a graduate engineer.
00:10
00:09
00:08
00:07
00:06
00:05
00:04
00:03
00:02
00:01
Graduating
is always a great word to know.
So is flibbertigibbet. Does it mean:
| an extraordinary or unusual thing, person, or event; an exceptional example or instance. |
| a chattering or flighty, light-headed person. |
verb (used without object)
6.
to receive a degree or diploma on completing a course of study (often followed by from): She graduated from college in 1985.
7.
to pass by degrees; change gradually.
verb (used with object)
8.
to confer a degree upon, or to grant a diploma to, at the close of a course of study, as in a university, college, or school: Cornell graduated eighty students with honors.
9.
Informal. to receive a degree or diploma from: She graduated college in 1950.
10.
to arrange in grades or gradations; establish gradation in.
11.
to divide into or mark with degrees or other divisions, as the scale of a thermometer.
Origin:
1375–1425; late Middle English < Medieval Latin graduātus (past participle of graduāre), equivalent to grad(us) grade, step + -u- thematic vowel + -ātus -ate1
1375–1425; late Middle English < Medieval Latin graduātus (past participle of graduāre), equivalent to grad(us) grade, step + -u- thematic vowel + -ātus -ate1
Related forms
grad·u·a·tor, noun
non·grad·u·ate, noun
su·per·grad·u·ate, noun
un·grad·u·at·ing, adjective
Usage note
In the sense “to receive a degree or diploma” graduate followed by from is the most common construction today: Her daughter graduated from Yale in 1981. The passive form was graduated from, formerly insisted upon as the only correct pattern, has decreased in use and occurs infrequently today: My husband was graduated from West Point last year. EXPAND
Even though it is condemned by some as nonstandard, the use of graduate as a transitive verb meaning “to receive a degree or diploma from” is increasing in frequency in both speech and writing: The twins graduated high school in 1974.
COLLAPSE
In the sense “to receive a degree or diploma” graduate followed by from is the most common construction today: Her daughter graduated from Yale in 1981. The passive form was graduated from, formerly insisted upon as the only correct pattern, has decreased in use and occurs infrequently today: My husband was graduated from West Point last year. EXPAND
Even though it is condemned by some as nonstandard, the use of graduate as a transitive verb meaning “to receive a degree or diploma from” is increasing in frequency in both speech and writing: The twins graduated high school in 1974.
COLLAPSE
Dictionary.com Unabridged
Based on the Random House Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2012.
Cite This Source
Based on the Random House Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2012.
Cite This Source
|
Link To graduating
Word Dynamo By Dictionary.com
Dictionary.com, LLC. Copyright © 2012. All rights reserved.
