graduate vs graduate from :

graduate or graduate from

In certain dialects (notably that of New York City) it is common to say“he is going to graduate school in June” rather than the more standard“graduate from.” When writing for a national or international audience,use the “from.”

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Definitions
  graduate
  • n  a person who has received a degree from a school (high school or college or university)
  • n  a measuring instrument for measuring fluid volume; a glass container (cup or cylinder or flask) whose sides are marked with or divided into amounts
  • v  receive an academic degree upon completion of one's studies
    She graduated in 1990
  • v  confer an academic degree upon
    This school graduates 2,000 students each year
  • v  make fine adjustments or divide into marked intervals for optimal measuring
    graduate a cylinder
  • s  of or relating to studies beyond a bachelor's degree
    graduate courses
News & Articles
  graduate
  • I will graduate with $100,000 in loans
    I will graduate with $100,000 in loans
    June 19, 2013 - CNNMoney.com via Yahoo! Finance
  • Bonduel graduate named state FFA officer
    Reba McClone, a 2012 Bonduel High School graduate, was elected to the Wisconsin FFA officer team during the group's state convention June 10-13 in Madison.
    June 19, 2013 - The Shawano Leader
  • UA graduate receives National Fellowship
    A recent graduate of the UA was one of nine students from around the country to receive the Woodrow Wilson-Rockefeller Brothers Fund Fellowships for Aspiring Teachers of Color.
    June 18, 2013 - Arizona Daily Wildcat
  graduate from
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  • Record number of Utah inmates graduate high school
    Record number of Utah inmates graduate high school by Brooke Adams The Salt Lake Tribune Published Jun 12, 2013 09:09PM MDT A record-high number of state inmates — 360 men and women — received high school diplomas Wednesday in a graduation ceremony at the Utah State Prison in Draper. Another 140 inmates at the Central Utah Correctional Facility in Gunnison will graduate from high school programs ...
    June 12, 2013 - The Salt Lake Tribune
  • Record number of Utah inmates graduate high school
    Record number of Utah inmates graduate high school by Brooke Adams The Salt Lake Tribune Published Jun 12, 2013 09:09PM MDT A record-high number of state inmates — 360 men and women — received high school diplomas Wednesday in a graduation ceremony at the Utah State Prison in Draper. Another 140 inmates at the Central Utah Correctional Facility in Gunnison will graduate from high school programs ...
    June 12, 2013 - The Salt Lake Tribune