{
    "term": "graduate",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "b1",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "a person who has a university degree",
            "sensetop": "graduate of somethinggraduate in something",
            "labels": "(North American English)British English",
            "cefr": "b1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "job prospects for graduates"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a **university/college graduate**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a **recent graduate** from Coventry University"
                },
                {
                    "text": "an Oxford/a Yale graduate"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a graduate of Oxford/Yale",
                    "contextForm": "graduate of something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "engineering/science graduates"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a graduate in history",
                    "contextForm": "graduate in something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a **graduate student**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "graduate programs/degrees/studies"
                },
                {
                    "text": "She has taught at both the undergraduate and graduate levels."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The company places great importance on graduate recruitment and training."
                },
                {
                    "text": "a graduate in sociology"
                },
                {
                    "text": "job opportunities for university graduates"
                },
                {
                    "text": "graduate courses"
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Education"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["business-school", "law-school", "college"],
                "graduate + noun": ["course", "degree", "program"],
                "preposition": ["graduate in"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "a person who has completed their school studies",
            "labels": "(North American English)",
            "cefr": "b1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "a **high school graduate**"
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Education"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["business-school", "law-school", "college"],
                "graduate + noun": ["course", "degree", "program"],
                "preposition": ["graduate in"]
            }
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈɡrædʒuət/",
                "audio": "gr/graduate/graduate__gb_4.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈɡrædʒuət/",
                "audio": "gr/graduate/graduate__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "late Middle English: from medieval Latin graduat- ‘graduated’, from graduare ‘take a degree’, from Latin gradus ‘degree, step’."
}