Graduates

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Definitions and meanings of "Graduates"

What do we mean by graduates?

A person who is recognized by a university as having completed the requirements of a degree studied at the institution.

A person who is recognized by a high school as having completed the requirements of a course of study at the school.

A person who is recognized as having completed any level of education.

A graduated (marked) cup or other container, thus fit for measuring.

The best known cure to senioritis and similar diseases. Side effects include long gowns, flat square-shaped hats, diplomas, responsibility, college, and/or career. Urban Dictionary

Can be either the greatest moment or the saddest. I thought it would be the greatest but looking back I would give up everything just for one day back in school. Crushes, unfairness, homework, love, friends, idiot teachers, recess, lunch, all that stuff. I miss it all. I find it strange to be looking back right now on this. But I guess the saying they say is true. "You never knew how much fun being a kid really was until your older." Urban Dictionary

The day you realize you just spent 13 years of your life to walk across a stage wearing a funny looking hat to get a piece of paper. Urban Dictionary

This is it. You’ve made it. You survived high school. And now (hopefully) you’ll go on to do better and brighter things in life. You either go to college, the military, or just simply work at one of your parents jobs. Either way. What ever you end up doing you’ll either love it or hate it. Good luck. Urban Dictionary

A ceremony in which all participants are wearing identical caps and identical gowns. The class speaker will usually state that the key to success is individuality. Urban Dictionary

The best/worst thing for a high-schooler to experience before they take their leap into the real world. A last chance for friends/crushes/acquaintances/etc. to get together for the last time, and, hopefully, get phone numbers/e-mail addresses/Myspaces to talk to each other after they all leave high school. Urban Dictionary

The 1967 classic starring Dustin Hoffman, Anne Bancroft, and Katherine Ross. The Graduate is about a recent college graduate (Hoffman) who is seduced by the wife (Bancroft) of his father's business partner, then ends up falling in love with her daughter (Ross). Anne Bancroft's character became one of the most famous characters in movie history, Mrs. Robinson. The popular song "Mrs. Robinson" by Simon and Garfunkel was used in the movie. It was based on a book by Charles Webb with the same title written in 1963. Urban Dictionary

When all you have to do to make your family cry is sit, stand, and walk Urban Dictionary

This is the day you leave high school with a diploma, and many gaping wounds and/or emotional pain/catharsis. Urban Dictionary

The exact definition of Graduation is catch 22. Just a giant clusterfuck of emotions in which you don't know whether to be happy or sad. Nervous, or excited. Ugh. Graduation sucks. Urban Dictionary

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The word "graduates" in example sentences

Bivens says the unemployment rate for recent college graduates is not likely to make any sort of quick turnaround. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Abolishing universal child benefit and imposing a hefty loan repayment scheme for richer graduates is losing the Conservatives traditional voters. ❋ Jamie Doward (2010)

We might also ask ourselves if general liberal-arts graduates from the same universities will be so lucky. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Unemployment and underemployment for college graduates is soaring. ❋ RJ (2010)

My advice to the graduates is to also ignore such nonsense today. ❋ Unknown (2009)

As the current Wall Street-caused Economic Recession shows, Business school graduates from the Ivy League ARE NOT the smartest persons in the room. ❋ Unknown (2009)

And when he graduates from the grad school he can go “Nyah, Nyah” at BYU. ❋ Unknown (2009)

The inside view Ben Hayward, graduate recruitment executive at cosmetics group L'Oréal, says the outlook for hiring graduates is "very good". ❋ Ian Wylie (2010)

Murkowski has tried to make an issue of Miller's seeming abandonment of the "gentleman" part of the "officer and gentleman" training ingrained in graduates of the U.S. ❋ AlaskaDispatch.com (2010)

The difficulty in cranking out more law school graduates is that law students are expensive to educate. ❋ Unknown (2009)

You can see where this argument leads: claims that the quality of graduates is dropping may be better explained either by the quality of the jobs on offer (advertising an entry-level job to graduates is not going to attract the best candidates) or by the minimum requirements (a degree). ❋ Jonathan (2009)

Their work, in public policy planning, fundamental (my own path) or applied sciences, etc., is probably of far more public value than the higher-salaried private sector jobs that talented graduates from a few years ago might have taken. ❋ Unknown (2009)

He finds dignity for himself in pretending the job is training for the day when he finally graduates from the Academy (if he ever gets into it to begin with) and he consoles himself at the end of every shift with the knowledge that he has put in a good day's work, and the script allows him that much dignity. ❋ Unknown (2009)

However, that city was overrun with graduates from the law school, most of whom graduated with a better record than she had. ❋ Unknown (2010)

After [graduation], [Jerry] [learned] to pack his own lunches. ❋ Doni (2005)

I [miss] [school]. There [said it]. ❋ Eric (2005)

What!?! I worked the equivilent of a [full time job] for [13] years for a piece of paper that basically means I didn't fall asleep in class too much! There goes 13 years of my life that i'll never [get back]. What's the point of graduation anyway? ❋ Monkeyg101 (2011)

Well after 4 long years we [finally] [made it]... [graduation] ❋ Skinnyboi07 (2018)

At graduation, [Mr. Anderson] [stated] in order to be successful one must [branch out] from the rest. ❋ Baybay23 (2009)

At graduation, I tried to kiss my than girlfriend, she moved away from [the kiss], and told me that she was cheating on me someone else. She than proceeded to graduate while my dad took a picture of us standing together with our [diploma] covers. Needless to say, my graduation sucked ass. Also, don't throw your caps when you graduate. I did, and got back one without a [graduating] class pin. ❋ DJ Retro (2007)

The Graduate is one of the best films that came out of the 60's. [Mrs. Robinson], you're trying to [seduce me]. Aren't you? And here's to you Mrs. Robinson, [Jesus loves you] more than you will know. ❋ Mikitira (2006)

i was sitting next to [my classmates] when the principal called my name, so i stood and walked over to him to get my [diploma]. the next thing i knew, my mom was [bawling]. thats graduation for ya. ❋ Recentgraduate111 (2011)

Wow, Tom! Congratulations on graduating from high school, isn't that a big relief? Tom: Well, this wound from [AP Chemistry] will never go away, and I feel like crying like a little girl, knowing I don't have to put up with those [fucking losers] and that [history teacher] for the rest of my life *cries* Graduation Then comes college, when you become a freshman all over again, CONGRATS! ❋ High School Graduate (2009)

Example: "I [cried] so much at my [graduation], I was scared to be leaving behind everything I'd ever known for 12 years of my life. But at the same time, excited to be starting something new and [adventurous]." ❋ Tazzykinz (2013)

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