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graduate

graduate

1 5.3
Relating to study after a bachelor's degree at university
  • adjective
  • /ˈɡrædʒuˌeɪt/
  • US
translation icon : de posgrado
  • She was doing graduate teaching at Harvard.
  • graduate school
  • a graduate degree
  • graduate students

Now, the historian secret weapon I was told in Graduate School is chronology.

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Examples

  • I saw that you did your graduate work at Cambridge with Stephen Hawking.

  • One-third offered only undergraduate coursework, and a slim one-tenth of the programs were exclusively graduate level.

    Academic text (2005)
  • I spend so much time on it on my senior graduate level program design course.

  • But after college, I went to get a graduate degree in international economics.

  • I actually got a four year graduate fellowship.

  • She was working on her graduate degree in philosophy.

  • Imagine there's a university with just two graduate departments, math and English.

  • She has worked to secure Title IX and labor rights for graduate and medical students since 2012.

    Academic text (2017)
  • However, of those that did provide their class rank, 13% were freshmen, 24% were sophomores, 21% were juniors, 27% were seniors, and 14% were graduate and professional students.

    Academic text (2002)
  • She is pursuing a graduate degree in psychology to further her research skills.

Synonyms

postgraduate
vsgraduate
8 4.8

Relating to studies done after a bachelor's degree at a university

uses a different common term for the same level of study

Compounds

75 2.5

A student who studies for a master's or PhD after finishing a bachelor's degree

52 3.6

A part of a university that offers master's and PhD degrees

A student who finishes their degree and leaves university in December

graduate nurse
  • Specialized
3.7

A person who finished nursing school training but is not yet licensed to work as a nurse

How Advanced

graduate
  • US
1 5.3
specialized
  • US
70 5.4
higher
4.8
advanced
379 4.0
intermediate
4 3.5
basic
1.0

Surface Forms

graduate positive

Etymology

Graduate comes from the Latin word gradus, meaning 'step', the same root you see in grade and gradual. So graduate studies are the 'next step' after a bachelor's degree.