graduate

Christmas graduate

A college or university student who discontinues their education after the end of the first term (i.e., around Christmastime). Primarily heard in US, South Africa. While I firmly believe in the importance of continued education, there are always a few Christmas graduates each year for whom college is just not well suited.
See also: Christmas, graduate

graduate from (something)

1. To complete one's studies in a particular school or program. I can't believe we're about to graduate from college—how did four years go by that quickly? I graduate from my doctoral program in May.
2. To advance to a higher rank. At the end of the summer, I'll graduate from being a junior counselor to being a regular camp counselor.
See also: graduate

graduate in (something)

To complete one's studies in a particular subject. It took six years, but I finally graduated in biology.
See also: graduate

graduate with (something)

To complete one's studies in a particular school or program, resulting in the awarding of a particular degree or status. It took six years, but I finally graduated with a degree in biology. Of course Haley graduated with highest honors—she's always been a great student.
See also: graduate
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

graduate (in something) (with something)

to earn a degree in some subject with honors, etc. I graduated in math with highest honors. Sharon graduated with honors in medicine.

graduate (in something) (with something)

to earn a degree in some subject with honors, etc. I graduated in math with highest honors. Sharon graduated with honors in medicine.
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.

graduate from

v.
1. To move up from one position, rank, or level, to a higher one: That year, the athletes graduated from amateur to professional status in the competition.
2. To complete the academic requirements of some institution, usually receiving an academic degree: I graduated from college with a degree in history.
See also: graduate

graduate in

v.
To complete the requirements of an institution and receive an academic degree in some subject: I graduated in mathematics from the local community college.
See also: graduate

graduate with

v.
To complete the academic requirements of an institution for something, especially a degree or an honor: I graduated with a degree in mathematics. Few students graduated with honors this year.
See also: graduate
The American Heritage® Dictionary of Phrasal Verbs.

graduate

(ˈgrædʒuət)
1. n. a person experienced in life, especially sexually experienced. Britney is a graduate. Nothing is new to her.
2. (ˈgrædʒuet) in. to move from casual drug use to addiction. (Drugs.) Gert graduated to smack after only a year of skin-popping.
McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions
See also:
  • Christmas graduate
  • blue state
  • chip
  • chips
  • up on (one's) ear
  • Two Bob
  • (as) dead as mutton
  • dead as mutton
  • mutton
  • one of the boys
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The survey targets approximately 60,000 graduates and results are going to be studied by MoHE and Education Council to build strategic education plans in Oman that would match graduates' skills with the current labour market requirements.
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of all graduates into further a gh 018 market for the running the Meanwhile, report from High Fliers on the 2018 graduate revealed that fourth year running, average graduate starting salary was PS30,000.
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Similarly, the number of nonrecent graduates working in these positions climbed from 30 per cent to 37 per cent over the same period.
Half of recent graduates working in non-graduate roles, research shows
It should be noted that the graduates of government higher education institutions got more practical training opportunities than their colleagues at the private higher education institutions.
Higher Education Ministry Releases Graduate Surveys Reports
In total, just over a fifth of recent black college graduates (22%) report leaving school with no debt, about half the rate among white college graduates (39%).
Black College Grads More Likely to Graduate With Debt; Black graduates have lower levels of well-being than other college graduates
The second section of results describes the quantitative differences between stakeholders' opinions regarding graduate student teaching and different aspects and implementations of such programs, gathered using online surveys.
Perceptions of graduate student teachers at a Midwestern university
According to the report, an average of 9.4 million students will graduate from college each year in 2010-2020.
Future Of Chinese College Graduates Is Bleak: More Than Half Will Have To Take Blue-Collar Jobs By 2020
This is the first fall since the start of the recession, but graduate unemployment is still higher than before the economic crisis began, the study says.
Fall in unemployment but many still struggle
Charlie Ball, Hecsu deputy research director, said: "Graduate unemployment hasn't risen as high as we feared and is some way off the levels of the last recession in 1992, when it reached 11.6%.
Graduate outlook brighter
Haynes is a 2006 graduate of Grafton High School and a 2010 graduate of the University of Massachusetts at Amherst.
Grads join Teach For America
The classic movie The Graduate sidestepped the question of whether Benjamin Braddock graduated from college or was graduated from college.
The Learned Word
The Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) believes funded placements in small businesses will provide a solution to graduate unemployment.
FSB wants internships for 2009 graduates; Call for pounds 3m to fund 5,000 places