Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to graduate
Participle: graduated
Gerund: graduating
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | graduate |
| you | graduate |
| he;she;it | graduates |
| we | graduate |
| you | graduate |
| they | graduate |
Perfect
| I | have graduated |
| you | have graduated |
| he;she;it | has graduated |
| we | have graduated |
| you | have graduated |
| they | have graduated |
Past
| I | graduated |
| you | graduated |
| he;she;it | graduated |
| we | graduated |
| you | graduated |
| they | graduated |
Pluperfect
| I | had graduated |
| you | had graduated |
| he;she;it | had graduated |
| we | had graduated |
| you | had graduated |
| they | had graduated |
Future
| I | will graduate |
| you | will graduate |
| he;she;it | will graduate |
| we | will graduate |
| you | will graduate |
| they | will graduate |
Future Perfect
| I | will have graduated |
| you | will have graduated |
| he;she;it | will have graduated |
| we | will have graduated |
| you | will have graduated |
| they | will have graduated |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | graduate |
| you | graduate |
| he;she;it | graduate |
| we | graduate |
| you | graduate |
| they | graduate |
Perfect
| I | have graduated |
| you | have graduated |
| he;she;it | have graduated |
| we | have graduated |
| you | have graduated |
| they | have graduated |
Imperfect
| I | graduated |
| you | graduated |
| he;she;it | graduated |
| we | graduated |
| you | graduated |
| they | graduated |
Pluperfect
| I | had graduated |
| you | had graduated |
| he;she;it | had graduated |
| we | had graduated |
| you | had graduated |
| they | had graduated |
Conditional
Present
| I | would graduate |
| you | would graduate |
| he;she;it | would graduate |
| we | would graduate |
| you | would graduate |
| they | would graduate |
Perfect
| I | would have graduated |
| you | would have graduated |
| he;she;it | would have graduated |
| we | would have graduated |
| you | would have graduated |
| they | would have graduated |
Imperative
| you | graduate |
| we | Let's graduate |
| you | graduate |
Verbs conjugated like 'graduate'
abacinate,
abalienate,
abase,
abate,
abbreviate,
abdicate,
abduce,
aberrate,
aberuncate,
abirritate,
abjudge,
abjudicate,
abjugate,
abjure,
ablactate,
ablaqueate,
able,
ablegate,
abligate,
abnegate, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'graduate'
gradate,
eradiate,
gladiate,
granulate,
gratulate,
radiate,
acuate,
adiate,
adulate,
coadunate,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. 1479, from M.L.
graduatus, pp. of
graduari "to take a degree," from L.
gradus "step, grade" (see grade). The abbreviated form
grad is attested from 1871. The verb is 1588 (trans.), 1807 (intrans.).
2. From Middle English graduaten (“to graduate”), from (adjective) graduat(e) (also used as the past participle of graduaten) + -en (verb-forming suffix), from Medieval Latin graduātus, see -ate (verb-forming suffix) and Etymology 1 for more.
Verbs referencing "graduate"
Cebuano gradweyt, Cebuano gradwet, Thai
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Sample Sentences
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The man graduated in 1967.
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Trisha graduated from college.
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After graduating from Princeton University, he earned a law degree in Canada, then worked as an environmental lawyer in Israel before settling on the south side of Youngstown. [2019 February 19, Jeremy Pelzer, “Youngstown School Board member Dario Hunter seeks Green Party presidential nomination”, in cleveland.com:]
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Trisha graduated college.
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Indiana University graduated the student.
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The college graduated him as soon as he was no longer eligible to play under NCAA rules.
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As the species graduate into each other, both in form and in habits, from the grass-eating Geese to the fish-eating Harelds, it is difficult, […] to divide this large group into sections. [1852, William Macgillivray, A history of British birds, indigenous and migratory, page 573:]
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Yadav, born Bharat Kalicharan, was a petty thief who had graduated to bigger crimes, terrorising Kasturba Nagar, on the edge of the city of Nagpur, in Maharashtra, from the 1990s until his death. [2022 November 7, Puja Bhattacharjee, “What drove 200 women to stab a gangster to death? Netflix series revisits crime that shocked India”, in the Guardian:]
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sandstone which graduates into gneiss; carnelian sometimes graduates into quartz
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to graduate the heat of an oven
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Dyers, who advance and graduate their colours with salts. [1650, Thomas Browne, Pseudodoxia Epidemica: […], 2nd edition, London: […] A[braham] Miller, for Edw[ard] Dod and Nath[aniel] Ekins, […], →OCLC:]
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We have graduated the new machine-learning features and will roll them out tomorrow.
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Fans speculate that she was forced to graduate due to harassment and doxxing by stalkers and haters.