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Graduate
/ˈɡrædʒueɪt/
A person who has completed a course of study at a college or university, or the act of receiving a degree as proof of education completion.
Synonyms:
alumnus
alumna
postgraduate
diplomate
Antonyms:
dropout
noncompletion
failure
incomplete
Examples:
She will
graduate
next year.
I felt proud when I
graduated
college.
Etymology:
Derived from the Latin word
graduātus
, which was the past participle of
graduārī
meaning
to step, go
, based on
gradus
which meant
step
or
grade
.
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