undergraduate
A2US(informalgrad)
a person who has finished their school, college, or university education: 毕业生
high-school graduates高中毕业生
graduate ofShe's a recent graduate of Yale.
We would prefer to fill the post with a recent graduate.
A graduate of law and economics from Moscow State University, he had spent his life in academia.
At present the organization has to rely on young, inexperienced graduates.
Geography graduates are literate and numerate and have very good IT skills.
There are numerous opportunities for young graduates.

SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

University & college education
academe
academia
anti-university
beadle
business school
go up
grad
hall
hall of residence
Oxon
Panhellenic
pass degree
poly
polytechnic
the groves of academeidiom
university
unselective
vice chancellor
warden
wardenship

You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics:

Students & pupils
graduate
verb
uk /ˈɡrædʒ.u.eɪt/ us /ˈɡrædʒ.u.eɪt/

graduateverb (EDUCATION)

B2[ I ]UK
to complete a first university degree successfully: 取得学士学位，大学毕业
graduate fromLorna graduated from Freiburg University.洛娜毕业于弗莱堡大学。
graduate with honours inTom has just graduated with first-class honours in psychology.汤姆刚刚大学毕业，获得心理学一级荣誉学位。
B2[ I or T ]US
to complete school, college, or university successfully: 毕业（于）
graduate fromAfter he graduated from high school, he joined the Army.他高中毕业后参军了。
His heart swelled with pride as he stood watching his son graduate.
He graduated with a second-class honours degree in physics.他以物理学二等优秀学位毕业。
Greg and Jody met in their freshman year at college and married soon after they graduated.格雷格和乔迪在大学一年级时相识，毕业后不久就结婚了。
Both their children graduated with degrees in economics.他们的两个孩子获得的都是经济学学位。
She graduates in July.

SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

University & college education
academe
academia
anti-university
beadle
business school
go up
grad
hall
hall of residence
Oxon
Panhellenic
pass degree
poly
polytechnic
the groves of academeidiom
university
unselective
vice chancellor
warden
wardenship

graduateverb (PROGRESS)

[ I ]
to move forward or improve: 晋升；上升；进展
graduate from something to somethingShe graduated from being a secretary to running her own department.她从秘书的职位晋升到部门主管。

SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Making progress and advancing
adaptive evolution
advance the cause
advanced
advancement
age
boom
evolve
evolved
flourish
flower
formatively
from A to Bidiom
journey
mature
rebuild
regenerate
ripen
ripeness
self-advancement
spread

graduate | American Dictionary

graduate
noun[ C ]
us/ˈɡrædʒ·u·ɪt/(short formgrad, us/ɡræd/)
a person who has successfully completed studies at a school or received a degree from a college or university:
a Yale graduate/a graduate of Yale

graduate

verb[ I/T ]us/ˈɡrædʒ·uˌeɪt/
[ I ]Although he never graduated from high school, he became a successful businessman.
graduate
adjective
us/ˈɡrædʒ·u·ɪt/(short formgrad, us/ɡræd/)
relating to or working toward a university degree beyond the one you receive after four years of study:
graduate school/student/studies

graduate | Business English

graduate
noun[ C ]
uk /ˈɡrædʒuət/us
a student who has completed a university or college degree:
a 2010 college graduate
a graduate of sthLi is a graduate of Beijing University.
an Oxford/Harvard/Columbia graduate
a psychology/journalism/engineering graduate
US
a student who has completed high school:
The boys were graduates of Winthrop High School.
a high school graduate
graduate
verb
uk /ˈɡrædjueɪt/us
[ I ]
to complete a degree at a college or university:
The pharmacy college will hold classes for 12 months a year so that its students can graduate in three years .
graduate from sthIn India, roughly two million English speakers graduate from university each year.
[ I ]US
to complete high school:
The program continues until the students graduate from high school.
[ T ]US
if a university, college, or school graduates students, it gives them an official document that proves they have completed their education there:
The business community has been frustrated that our city schools were graduating people who were illiterate.

Examples of graduate

graduate
The book is valuable to undergraduate students, but it can also be a quick refresher on the topic for some graduate students.
The inclusion of a wide range of skills in conservatorium curricula would enable music graduates to expand the scope of their performance and non-performance roles.
These dissertations were produced by graduate students who worked for many years in the city and who have collectively rewritten the history of the city.
My first graduate students are nearing 50 and have tenure and more.
Many professors run their graduate 'masters' classes as offices in which the students work on their projects.
The author's aim - to be of use both to graduate students and to researchers - is clearly fulfilled.
It would also be useful as a collection of papers for graduate seminars.
The book is definitely useful for both undergraduate and graduate courses.
It could serve as a text for graduate or advanced undergraduate courses and will be useful as a reference resource.
For example, a boy who does not graduate from high school has limited employment and further education options.
One must then ask oneself whether different practicum models are required to graduate immersion teachers with the necessary competencies to meet specifically local needs.
The current study specifically addressed the issue of moral orientation in young physicians graduating from medical school before beginning their residency specialty training.
Speakers represented a healthy mix of established scholars, those newer to the field and graduate students.
Chapters 7, 8, and 9 form the core chapters that a graduate student would be interested in, having mastered the earlier chapters.
Although a few articles were farmed out to graduate students and marginal scholars, there are excellent articles by recognised experts.
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