Graduate vs. Postgraduate

Graduate vs. Postgraduate — Is There a Difference?
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Difference Between Graduate and Postgraduate

Graduatenoun

A person who is recognized by a university as having completed the requirements of a degree studied at the institution.

If the government wants graduates to stay in the country they should offer more incentives.

Postgraduatenoun

A person continuing to study in a field after having successfully completed a degree course.

Graduatenoun

A person who is recognized by a high school as having completed the requirements of a course of study at the school.

Postgraduateadjective

Of studies which take place after having successfully completed a degree course.

Graduatenoun

(Philippines) A person who is recognized as having completed any level of education.

Postgraduatenoun

a student who continues studies after graduation

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Graduatenoun

A graduated (marked) cup or other container, thus fit for measuring.

Postgraduateadjective

of or relating to studies beyond a bachelor's degree;

graduate courses

Graduateadjective

graduated, arranged by degrees

Graduateadjective

holding an academic degree

Graduateadjective

relating to an academic degree

Graduateverb

To be recognized by a school or university as having completed the requirements of a degree studied at the institution.

The man graduated in 1967.Trisha graduated from college.
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Graduateverb

To be certified as having earned a degree from; to graduate from (an institution).

Trisha graduated college.

Graduateverb

(transitive) To certify (a student) as having earned a degree

Indiana University graduated the student.The college graduated him as soon as he was no longer eligible to play under NCAA rules.

Graduateverb

(transitive) To mark (something) with degrees; to divide into regular steps or intervals, as the scale of a thermometer, a scheme of punishment or rewards, etc.

Graduateverb

(intransitive) To change gradually.

sandstone which graduates into gneiss; carnelian sometimes graduates into quartz

Graduateverb

To prepare gradually; to arrange, temper, or modify by degrees or to a certain degree; to determine the degrees of.

to graduate the heat of an oven

Graduateverb

(chemistry) To bring to a certain degree of consistency, by evaporation, as a fluid.

Graduateverb

To taper, as the tail of certain birds.

Graduatenoun

a person who has received a degree from a school (high school or college or university)

Graduatenoun

a measuring instrument for measuring fluid volume; a glass container (cup or cylinder or flask) whose sides are marked with or divided into amounts

Graduateverb

receive an academic degree upon completion of one's studies;

She graduated in 1990

Graduateverb

confer an academic degree upon;

This school graduates 2,000 students each year

Graduateverb

make fine adjustments or divide into marked intervals for optimal measuring;

calibrate an instrumentgraduate a cylinder

Graduateadjective

of or relating to studies beyond a bachelor's degree;

graduate courses