How to pronounce graduate
American English pronunciation
GRAJ-oo-ayt
- IPA
- /ˈɡɹædʒuˌeɪt/
- Syllables
- GRAJ · oo · ayt (3 syllables, stress on the 1st)
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What graduate means
Most people know graduate in its everyday sense. Here's its other meaning.
To mark with lines for measuring amounts
In a sentence: The measuring cup is graduated with little lines for each quarter cup.
Where it comes from: It comes from the Latin word gradus, meaning a step. The lines mark off a measure step by step, and finishing school is a step up too.
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