graduate
noun [ C ]
uk/ˈɡrædʒuət/ usa student who has completed a university or college degree:
a 2010 college graduate
a graduate of sth Li is a graduate of Beijing University.
an Oxford/Harvard/Columbia graduate
a psychology/journalism/engineering graduate
US
a student who has completed high school:
The boys were graduates of Winthrop High School.
a high school graduate
graduate
verb
uk/ˈɡrædjueɪt/ us [ I ]
to complete a degree at a college or university:
The pharmacy college will hold classes for 12 months a year so that its students can graduate in three years .
graduate from sth In India, roughly two million English speakers graduate from university each year.
[ I ] US
to complete high school:
The program continues until the students graduate from high school.
[ T ] US
if a university, college, or school graduates students, it gives them an official document that proves they have completed their education there:
The business community has been frustrated that our city schools were graduating people who were illiterate.