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- parts of speech:
- noun, verb
- features:
- Word Explorer, Word Parts
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noun |
| pronunciation: |
grae
ju
iht
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| definition: |
a person who has finished studying at high school or college. A diploma is given to a graduate to show that all the necessary work has been done.
She is a graduate of Harvard University.
- similar words:
- bachelor, doctor
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| part of speech: |
verb |
| pronunciation: |
grae
ju
eIt
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| inflections: |
graduates, graduating, graduated |
| definition: |
to be given a diploma upon finishing studies at a school or college.
She will graduate from high school this spring. |
The word graduate
contains the following parts:
grad, -grade
Latin
root
that means go, step, degree
  Example words:
-ate1
Latin
verb-forming suffix
that means to make, cause, do
More about this word part:
The suffix -ate
primarily forms transitive verbs from Latin bases. Many -ate
verbs were loanwords from Latin. Verbs ending in -ate
combine with the suffix -ion to form nouns ending in -ation. These verbs also have corresponding agent nouns ending in -ator (navigator, dictator, elevator).
Example words:
abbreviate, abdicate, accelerate, accommodate, accumulate, activate, adequate, administrator, advocate, affiliate, aggravate, agitate, alternate, animate, annihilate, assimilate, associate, circulate, collaborate, commemorate, complicate, concentrate, congregate, consecrate, cooperate, coordinate, dedicate, dehydrate, deliberate, dictate, disintegrate, dislocate, domesticate, dominate, donate, duplicate, educate, elaborate, elevate, emigrate, enunciate, eradicate, evacuate, exasperate, generate, graduate, illuminate, illustrate, incorporate, interrogate, irrigate, liberate, locate, narrate, navigate, nominate, operate, originate, participate, populate, radiate, regulate, rotate, segregate, terminate
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