graduate
noun
a person who has received a degree or diploma on completing a course of study, as in a university, college, or school.
graduates
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pluralof graduate.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
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present tense formof graduate (3rd person singular).present tense
Used to describe things happening now or regularly.
graduatenouna person who has received a degree or diploma on completing a course of study, as in a university, college, or school.
Example Sentences
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In some cases, graduates of those programs are measured against bachelor’s-degree recipients in the same field and in the same state, in other cases they’re measured against bachelor’s-degree recipients overall.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 5, 2026
He has taken on an informal mentoring role with the club's academy graduates, several of whom already regard him as a reference point.
From BBC ● Oct. 3, 2026
Others, like Chroman and Hoke, are recent college graduates with math and quant backgrounds.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 3, 2026
That numbers-backed thinking means engineers, software developers or entrepreneurs might all find it more appealing than humanities graduates, Lechterman said.
From Barron's ● Oct. 2, 2026
The Commandant graduates us, and the cheer that erupts out of the new Masks, raw and relieved, is what wrenches me from my thoughts.
From "An Ember in the Ashes" by Sabaa Tahir
