Hyphenation of graduate

Wondering how to hyphenate the English word graduate ? This word can be hyphenated and contains 3 syllables as shown below.

grad-u-ate

Definitions of graduate :

1.
A person who has received a degree from a school (high school or college or university)
2.
A measuring instrument for measuring fluid volume
A glass container (cup or cylinder or flask) whose sides are marked with or divided into amounts
3.
Receive an academic degree upon completion of one's studies
She graduated in 1990
4.
Confer an academic degree upon
This school graduates 2
5.
000 students each year
6.
Make fine adjustments or divide into marked intervals for optimal measuring
Calibrate an instrument Graduate a cylinder
7.
Of or relating to studies beyond a bachelor's degree
Graduate courses

Synonyms of graduate :

adj postgraduate, high
noun alumnus, alumna, alum, grad, scholar, scholarly person, student
nounmeasuring instrument, measuring system, measuring device
verb receive, have
verb confer, bestow
verb calibrate, fine-tune, adjust, set, correct

Last hyphenations of this language