See Also: Graduate(medicine)
graduate(1)(dictionary)
graduate(2)(dictionary)
graduate school(dictionary)
graduate nurse(medicine)
graduate 1, noun(dictionary)
graduate 2, verb(dictionary)
education, graduate(medicine)
graduate 3, adjective(dictionary)
Graduate Hospital(health)

graduate(1) (iou)



graduate noun & adjective. LME.
[medieval Latin graduatus pa. pple (used as noun) of graduari GRADUATE verb: see -ATE1, -ATE2.]
A. noun.
A person holding a degree or other academic qualification; N. Amer. a person who has completed a course at high school; a former student of a place of learning; loosely, one who has successfully completed any course of education or training. LME.
P. Norman She was no recent learner, no stumbling graduate from beginners' bars, but someone to whom movement on skates was inborn.
An experienced or proficient person in any art or occupation. Now rare. L16.
T. Wall A graduate in ungraciousness.
A graduated vessel, esp. a chemist's measuring-glass. L19.
b. adjective.
That has graduated; having a university degree. Now only attrib. LME.
Arranged by steps or degrees. Now rare. E17.
Comb. & special collocations: graduate nurse US a trained nurse; graduate school N. Amer. a department of a university for advanced work by graduate students.
graduateship noun (a) the condition of being a graduate; (b) the period during which one is a graduate: M17.