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  • 11graduate — vb *class, grade, rank, rate, gradate Analogous words: *order, arrange: divide, *separate: *distinguish, differentiate, demarcate, discriminate …

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  • 12graduate — ▪ I. graduate grad‧u‧ate 1 [ˈgrædʒut] noun [countable] 1. a person who has completed a university degree course, especially for a first degree: • a science graduate from Oxford University • The company is looking for a graduate engineer with the …

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  • 13graduate — grad|u|ate1 [ˈgrædʒuıt] n [Date: 1400 1500; : Medieval Latin; Origin: graduatus, from Latin gradus; GRADE1] 1.) someone who has completed a university degree, especially a first degree →↑undergraduate ▪ a Harvard graduate graduate of ▪ a graduate …

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  • 14graduate — I UK [ˈɡrædʒuət] / US noun [countable] Word forms graduate : singular graduate plural graduates ** 1) American someone who has finished their studies at a high school, college, or university a high school graduate 2) someone who has a degree from …

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  • 15graduate — grad|u|ate1 [ grædʒuət ] noun count ** 1. ) AMERICAN someone who has finished their studies at a HIGH SCHOOL, college, or university: Is Jane a high school graduate? graduate of: All three were graduates of the same university. 2. ) someone who… …

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  • 16graduate — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun ADJECTIVE ▪ business school, law school, college, high school (in the US), medical school, university ▪ job opportunities for university graduates …

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  • 17graduate — I n. a college (AE), university; high school (AE) graduate II v. 1) (D; intr.) to graduate from (to graduate from college) 2) (misc.) to graduate with honors, cum laude * * * [ grædʒʊeɪt] cum laude high school (AE) graduate university (misc.) to… …

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  • 18graduate — grad•u•ate n., adj. [[t]ˈgrædʒ u ɪt, ˌeɪt[/t]] v. [[t] ˌeɪt[/t]] n. adj. v. at•ed, at•ing 1) edu a person who has received a degree or diploma on completing a course of study at a university, college, or school 2) edu a student who holds the… …

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  • 19graduate*/ — [ˈgrædʒuət] noun [C] I 1) someone who has a degree from a university careers for history graduates[/ex] an Oxford graduate[/ex] a graduate of Aston University[/ex] Candidates should be graduates in science or engineering.[/ex] 2) American someone …

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  • 20graduate — 1 noun (C) 1 someone who has completed a university degree course, especially for a first degree: a history graduate (+ of): a graduate of Birmingham University compare undergraduate 2 AmE someone who has completed a course at a college, school… …

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