Read full poem →yonder deadfromtheneckup graduate of a
somewhat obscure to be sure university spends
Dictionary Entry
A person who has completed a course of study at a college or university, or the act of completing such a program.
In a Sentence
“After four years of study, Maria finally graduated and received her diploma.”
Origin
Late 15th century, from Latin gradus ‘step’ via Old French graduate.
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Poetry examples for “graduate”
Excerpts from the ReadingWillow English Library collection.
Read full poem →This gave the dusky poetess the advantages of higher education,
under the eye of a college graduate. ‘
Read full poem →Buddy told me Will was a third-year man and had to deliver eight
babies before he could graduate.
Read full poem →entries are excerpts from letters to friends. Plath matriculated with the class of
1954 at Smith College, but did not graduate until June 1955 because of the
semester she missed during the fall of 1953.
Read full poem →From October 1911 until June 1914 1 was a student in the Harvard
Graduate School as a candidate for the degree of Doctor of
Philosophy. This degree was to be attained in three stages . at the