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Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary grad·u·ate
DATE 15th century 1. a holder of an academic degree or diploma 2. a graduated cup, cylinder, or flask
adjective DATE 15th century 1. holding an academic degree or diploma 2. of, relating to, or engaged in studies beyond the first or bachelor's degree graduate school a graduate student
(-at·ed ; -at·ing) ETYMOLOGY Middle English, from Medieval Latin graduatus,past participle of graduare, from Latin gradus step, degree DATE 15th century transitive verb 1. a. to grant an academic degree or diploma to b. to be graduated from 2. a. to mark with degrees of measurement b. to divide into grades or intervals 3. to admit to a particular standing or grade intransitive verb 1. to receive an academic degree or diploma 2. to pass from one stage of experience, proficiency, or prestige to a usually higher one 3. to change gradually Usage. In the 19th century the transitive sense (1a) was prescribed; the intransitive I graduated from college was condemned. The intransitive prevailed nonetheless, and today it is the sense likely to be prescribed and the newer transitive sense (1b) she graduated high school the one condemned. All three are standard. The intransitive is currently the most common, the new transitive the least common. English Etymology graduate graduate (n.) late 15c., from M.L. graduatus, pp. of graduari "to take a degree," from L. gradus "step, grade" (see grade). The abbreviated form grad is attested from 1871. The verb is 1580s (trans.), 1807 (intrans.). Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary-牛津双解-OALD7 graduate gradu·ate noun/ 5^rAdVuEt / (also informal grad especially in NAmE) 1. ~ (in sth) a person who has a university degree 大学毕业生；学士学位获得者: a graduate in history 历史学学士 a science graduate 理学士 a graduate of Yale / a Yale graduate 耶鲁大学毕业生 a graduate student / course 研究生；研究生课程 2. (NAmE) a person who has completed their school studies 毕业生: a high school graduate 中学毕业生 ⇨ note at student verb/ 5^rAdVueit / 1. [V] ~ (in sth) | ~ (from...) to get a degree, especially your first degree, from a university or college 获得学位(尤指学士)；大学毕业: Only thirty students graduated in Chinese last year. 去年只有三十名学生获得汉语学士学位。 She graduated from Harvard this year. 她今年毕业于哈佛大学。 He graduated from York with a degree in Psychology. 他毕业于约克大学,获心理学学士学位。 2. [V] ~ (from...) (NAmE) to complete a course in education, especially at high school 毕业(尤指中学): Martha graduated from high school ten years ago. 马莎两年前高中毕业。 3. [VN] ~ sb (from sth) (NAmE) to give a degree, diploma , etc. to sb 授予(某人)学位(或毕业文凭等): The college graduated 50 students last year. 去年这所学院有 50 名毕业生。 4. [V] ~ (from sth) to sth to start doing sth more difficult or important than what you were doing before 逐渐发展(或变化、进展、上升): She recently graduated from being a dancer to having a small role in a movie. 她最近从一个舞蹈演员逐步过渡到在电影里扮演小角色。 Oxford Collocations Dictionary for Students of English graduate noun ADJ. college, university job opportunities for university graduates | arts, engineering, history, law, medical, science, etc. | new, recent GRADUATE + NOUN course, degree, diploma | school | student | recruit, trainee He joined the company as a graduate trainee. | employment, recruitment The company places great importance on graduate recruitment and training. | unemployment PREP. ~ in a graduate in sociology Webster's Third New International Dictionary, Unabridged Search result show the entry is found in: graduate nurse , or graduate school grad·u·ate I. \ˈgraj(ə)wə̇]t, -jəˌwā], usu ]d.+V\ noun (-s) Etymology: Middle English graduat, from Medieval Latin graduatus, from past participle of graduare 1. a. : one that has received an academic degree, a diploma, or a certificate < a college graduate > < a high school graduate > also : a graduate student < in all courses open to graduates only — University of Minnesota Bulletin > b. : one who has qualified in a particular field or for a particular position < the expert planner, often an economist or a graduate of some branch of social service — M.B.Smith > c. : one who has passed through a significant or unusual and especially powerful experience often associated with an institution < a graduate of the Warsaw ghetto > < a reformatory graduate > 2. : a graduated cup, cylinder, or flask II. adjective Etymology: Middle English graduat, from Medieval Latin graduatus, past participle of graduare 1. a. : holding an academic or professional degree, diploma, or certificate < a graduate physician > < a graduate economist > < a graduate pilot > b. : of, relating to, or engaged in studies that go beyond the first or bachelor's degree and are usually specialized or professional < graduate student > < graduate course > 2. : arranged by degrees : graduated III. \-jəˌwāt, usu -ād.+V\ verb (-ed/-ing/-s) Etymology: Medieval Latin graduatus, past participle of graduare, from Latin gradus step, degree — more at grade transitive verb 1. a. : to grant an academic or professional degree, diploma, or certificate to < expect to graduate approximately 380,000 this year — A.W.Griswold > : dismiss with such a degree, diploma, or certificate < graduated from the university with honors > b. : to grant the right to go or concede the completion of the qualifications for going (as from an elementary school) at the end of the course or last grade < many citizens were never graduated from high school > c. : to move up to the next school grade < graduate the boy from the third to the fourth grade > 2. : to qualify as proficient or learned (as in a vice or other practice) 3. a. : to mark with degrees (as the scale of a thermometer) b. : to divide into or arrange in regular or proportional steps, grades, gradations, or intervals (as punishments in relation to crimes) 4. obsolete : temper , modify : improve the grade of5. : to concentrate (a liquid) by graduation intransitive verb 1. a. : to receive from a university, college, or school an academic degree, a diploma, or a certificate denoting fulfillment of requirements leading to it : become a graduate < graduate from the university > < graduate from divinity school > < graduate with honors > b. : to qualify in a particular field or for a particular position (as after special training or experience) < graduated as a seaman > < graduated as a chef > c. : to pass from one stage of experience, proficiency, or prestige to or into another usually higher < began as a boy to gather stamps, coins and butterflies, then graduated into a connoisseur of books in general — G.F.Whicher > < from the comics they soon graduate to Treasure Island and Robinson Crusoe — Eamon Ryan > 2. : to pass by degrees : change gradually : shade off • grad·u·a·tor \-ād.ə(r), -ātə-\ noun -s |
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