What part of speech is graduate?

Graduate can be categorized as a noun, a verb and an adjective.

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Parts of speech

  • 1. graduate is a verb, present, 1st person singular of graduate (infinitive).
  • 2. graduate is a verb (infinitive).
  • 3. graduate is a noun, singular of graduates.
  • 4. graduate is an adjective.

Inflections

Verb

Noun

Adjective

  • Positive
    Comparative
    Superlative
  • more graduate
    most graduate
  • Positive: graduate 
  • Comparative: more graduate
  • Superlative: most graduate

What does graduate mean?

Definitions

Adjective

graduate - of or relating to studies beyond a bachelor's degree; "graduate courses"

Verb

graduate - confer an academic degree upon; "This school graduates 2,000 students each year"
graduate - receive an academic degree upon completion of one's studies; "She graduated in 1990"
graduate - make fine adjustments or divide into marked intervals for optimal measuring; "calibrate an instrument"; "graduate a cylinder"

Noun

graduate - a measuring instrument for measuring fluid volume; a glass container (cup or cylinder or flask) whose sides are marked with or divided into amounts
graduate - a person who has received a degree from a school (high school or college or university)

Examples of graduate

#   Sentence  
1. verb Graduate a cylinder.
2. verb My kid is making wonderful grades and has reassured me she will graduate within the four year period.
3. verb I mean when I graduate & yes, college, sorry for the typo.
4. verb I graduate in the spring, and so we'd like to go between then and winter.
5. verb You have to bring in your own models and they have to pay for you to use them if you dont then you can graduate!
6. verb When did you graduate from Oxford?
7. verb When did you graduate from high school?
8. verb My sister expects to graduate from college next year.
9. verb We graduate from high school at eighteen.
10. verb I don't have enough credits to graduate.
11. verb I hope to graduate from university next spring.
12. verb It is often said that Japanese universities are difficult to enter, but easy to graduate from.
13. verb It is no laughing matter that he couldn't graduate from university this year.
14. verb He will graduate from university in 2001 if things go well.
15. verb He will struggle to graduate if he does not make progress.
16. adj. Graduate courses.
17. adj. I'm planning to go to graduate school.
18. adj. He continued his studies at graduate school.
19. adj. He won't go on to graduate school.
20. adj. Ken, who is a graduate student, went to the United States last year.
21. adj. Tom never thought Mary would ever actually graduate from college.
22. adj. I've worked with many people over the last few years, including several graduate students.
23. adj. Teaching assistants are usually graduate students who are working toward their Master’s degrees or their Ph.D.s, while taking on the job of teaching undergraduate courses that their professors don’t want to be bothered teaching.
24. adj. Tom doesn't have a graduate degree.
25. adj. Tom is doing graduate work in science.
26. adj. I was supposed to be in graduate school by now.
27. adj. I had no idea you were planning to go to graduate school.
28. adj. I lived in Boston for three years while I was in graduate school.
29. adj. Tom is a graduate student.
30. adj. Mary is a graduate student.
31. noun I am still certain that the School is the best place for getting a great graduate-level education, so I want you to know that I am going to do whatever it takes to get in next year.
32. noun I plan on taking two or three graduate level finance courses at the University of Houston this Summer and Fall to demonstrate to the Admissions committee that I can compete at the graduate level.
33. noun I am still sure that UT is the place for getting an excellent graduate-level education, so I want you to know that I am going to do whatever it takes to get in next year.
34. noun I plan on taking two or three graduate level finance courses at the University of Houston this Summer and Fall to demonstrate to the Admissions office that I can compete at this level.
35. noun I am still sure that UT is the place for getting an excellent graduate-level education, so I want you to know that I am going to do what ever it takes to get in next year.
36. noun I plan on taking a couple of graduate level finance courses at the University of Houston this Summer and Fall to demonstrate to the Admissions office that I can compete at this level.
37. noun After founders - Stanford graduate students Sergey Brin and Larry Page presented their project to an angel investor, they received a cheque made out to 'Google'
38. noun No one's going to hire you if you can't even spell, especially if you're a high school graduate.
39. noun Professor Goto directed my graduate work.
40. noun He had the gratification of seeing his son graduate from collage.
41. noun She is a college graduate.
42. noun I'm a high school graduate so I am that much able to answer high school problems and such.
43. noun Kimura is a Tokyo university graduate who became a taxi driver. According to some people's standards, he might be considered a failure, but I think it's fine as long as he likes driving.
44. noun Tom is a graduate.
45. noun She's an Ivy League graduate.
Sentence  
verb
Graduate a cylinder.
My kid is making wonderful grades and has reassured me she will graduate within the four year period.
I mean when I graduate & yes, college, sorry for the typo.
I graduate in the spring, and so we'd like to go between then and winter.
You have to bring in your own models and they have to pay for you to use them if you dont then you can graduate!
When did you graduate from Oxford?
When did you graduate from high school?
My sister expects to graduate from college next year.
We graduate from high school at eighteen.
I don't have enough credits to graduate.
I hope to graduate from university next spring.
It is often said that Japanese universities are difficult to enter, but easy to graduate from.
It is no laughing matter that he couldn't graduate from university this year.
He will graduate from university in 2001 if things go well.
He will struggle to graduate if he does not make progress.
adj.
Graduate courses.
I'm planning to go to graduate school.
He continued his studies at graduate school.
He won't go on to graduate school.
Ken, who is a graduate student, went to the United States last year.
Tom never thought Mary would ever actually graduate from college.
I've worked with many people over the last few years, including several graduate students.
Teaching assistants are usually graduate students who are working toward their Master’s degrees or their Ph.D.s, while taking on the job of teaching undergraduate courses that their professors don’t want to be bothered teaching.
Tom doesn't have a graduate degree.
Tom is doing graduate work in science.
I was supposed to be in graduate school by now.
I had no idea you were planning to go to graduate school.
I lived in Boston for three years while I was in graduate school.
Tom is a graduate student.
Mary is a graduate student.
noun
I am still certain that the School is the best place for getting a great graduate-level education, so I want you to know that I am going to do whatever it takes to get in next year.
I plan on taking two or three graduate level finance courses at the University of Houston this Summer and Fall to demonstrate to the Admissions committee that I can compete at the graduate level.
I am still sure that UT is the place for getting an excellent graduate-level education, so I want you to know that I am going to do whatever it takes to get in next year.
I plan on taking two or three graduate level finance courses at the University of Houston this Summer and Fall to demonstrate to the Admissions office that I can compete at this level.
I am still sure that UT is the place for getting an excellent graduate-level education, so I want you to know that I am going to do what ever it takes to get in next year.
I plan on taking a couple of graduate level finance courses at the University of Houston this Summer and Fall to demonstrate to the Admissions office that I can compete at this level.
After founders - Stanford graduate students Sergey Brin and Larry Page presented their project to an angel investor, they received a cheque made out to 'Google'
No one's going to hire you if you can't even spell, especially if you're a high school graduate.
Professor Goto directed my graduate work.
He had the gratification of seeing his son graduate from collage.
She is a college graduate.
I'm a high school graduate so I am that much able to answer high school problems and such.
Kimura is a Tokyo university graduate who became a taxi driver. According to some people's standards, he might be considered a failure, but I think it's fine as long as he likes driving.
Tom is a graduate.
She's an Ivy League graduate.

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