(Canada, US) A university student, usually already possessing a four-year degree, who is working on a master's degree or Ph.D.

plural of graduate student

(chemistry) An item of glass laboratory equipment consisting of a tall, narrow cylinder with a scale, or graduations marked up its length, which is used to measure liquids and solutions fairly accurately, but not precisely.

plural of graduate school

A school that awards advanced degrees, such as doctoral degrees; a postgraduate school.

Someone who has completed all studies to become a nurse but is not yet certified as one.

plural of graduate nurse

Alternative spelling of pregraduate

(US, idiomatic, humorous) A freshman who drops out of college at the end of the first semester.

(UK, Ireland) A proposed method of financing higher education, whereby graduates would pay their tuition costs as additional income tax.