Graduating
Synonyms for graduate
verb complete education, pursuit
earn
finish
get out
win
certify
be commissioned
confer degree
get a degree
give sheepskin
grant diploma
take a degree
Synonyms
verb classify, grade
rank
sort
group
proportion
class
range
measure
regulate
order
arrange
calibrate
mark off
measure out
Antonyms
disorder
disorganize
disperse
scatter
mix up
Usage Notes
In the sense “to receive a degree or diploma” graduate followed by from is the most common construction today: Her daughter graduated from Yale in 1981. The passive form was graduated from, formerly insisted upon as the only correct pattern, has decreased in use and occurs infrequently today: My husband was graduated from West Point last year. Even though it is condemned by some as nonstandard, the use of graduate as a transitive verb meaning “to receive a degree or diploma from” is increasing in frequency in both speech and writing: The twins graduated high school in 1974.
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