graduate
noun
a person who has received a degree or diploma on completing a course of study, as in a university, college, or school.
have graduated
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present perfectof graduate.present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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More than 12,000 caddies have graduated as Evans Scholars since the program began in 1930.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 19, 2026
“Instead it ties eligibility to whether students have graduated high school and attended three years of high school in the state.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 22, 2025
Born just after the baby boom, between 1965 and 1980, they have graduated from being the disenchanted young adults of the movie “Reality Bites” to middle-agers nearing retirement age.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 20, 2025
It concluded he had been awarded the wrong grade for a course due to an error by the university and should in fact have graduated with a 2:1 Honours degree.
From BBC ● Sep. 30, 2025
Most of them have graduated already, and some go to Santa Juana de Chantal, which I guess must be the colegio for indigenous students.
From "The Queen of Water" by Laura Resau
