Graduates
Last Updated: January 2, 2026 at 12:30 PM
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Definition of Graduates
noun
- A person who is recognized by a university as having completed the requirements of a degree studied at the institution.
"If the government wants graduates to stay in the country they should offer more incentives."
- A person who is recognized by a high school as having completed the requirements of a course of study at the school.
- A person who is recognized as having completed any level of education.
- A graduated (marked) cup or other container, thus fit for measuring.
verb
- To be recognized by a school or university as having completed the requirements of a degree studied at the institution.
"The man graduated in 1967."
- To be certified as having earned a degree from; to graduate from (an institution).
"Trisha graduated college."
- To certify (a student) as having earned a degree
"Indiana University graduated the student."
- To mark (something) with degrees; to divide into regular steps or intervals, as the scale of a thermometer, a scheme of punishment or rewards, etc.
- To change gradually.
"sandstone which graduates into gneiss; carnelian sometimes graduates into quartz"
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