Collocations for "graduate"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "graduate" in context.
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graduate
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.n
- is a [high school, college] graduate
- a [law, history, biology] graduate
- [recent, new] graduates
- is a [Harvard] graduate
- is a graduate of [Harvard]
- [hiring, looking for] graduates
- the [cream, best] of the graduates
- a graduate [student, qualification, education, school, program]
- graduate [studies, courses, programs]
- graduate-level [education, course]
- graduate [recruitment, research, headhunting, jobs, opportunities]
- a graduate [careers, recruitment] fair
- graduate or [higher, professional, equivalent] (level)
- a [post, under] -graduate [student]
- graduate from [high school, college]
- graduated in [December, 2015]
- graduate with [honors, recognition, distinction]
- graduate with a degree in [physics, literature]
- graduated at [Harvard, MIT]
- graduate to [the next level, the big leagues, a full time position]
- [attended, passed] and graduated
- [just, recently, never] graduated
- the [school, university, academy] graduates scholars
'graduate' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
Italy
- admission
- advantage
- certificate
- chemistry
- college
- degree
- diploma
- fellowship
- high school
- marketing
- material
- medicine
- mentor
- milk
- passing
- potential
- ranking
- reward
- science
- smoke
- sought
- student
- thesis
- toast
- trainee
- tutorial
- unemployment
- university
- wet