8. Graduation

1. to complete [transitive] to finish doing something, especially when it has taken a long time завершать, заканчивать, оканчивать: The students have just completed their course / programme / studies / training.

2. to leave school (BrE) to complete your studies at school окончить / закончить школу: He left school at 16 and went to work as a bank clerk.

3. to graduate (1) [intransitive] to complete your studies at a university or college, usually by getting a first degree окончить / закончить высшее учебное заведение

to graduate (from college / university / school): He graduated from the University of London. | Kate graduated from medical school last year.

to graduate in sth (from college / university / school): He graduated in physics (from Cambridge University).

to graduate with honours (BrE) if you pass a university degree with honours, you pass it at a level that is higher than the most basic level: Tom has just graduated with honours in psychology.

to graduate with distinction to get a special mark that is given to a student whose work is excellent окончить с отличием: He graduated with distinction in all subjects.

(2) [intransitive; transitive] (AmE) to complete your studies at high school окончить / закончить школу

to graduate from school: Jerry graduated from high school last year.

to graduate with honors (AmE) if you finish high school or college with honors, you get one of the highest grades окончить с отличием

(3) [transitive] (esp. AmE) to give a degree or diploma to someone who has completed a course выпускать (из учебного заведения): We expect to graduate nearly 300 students this year. | Universities in Thailand graduate 6,000 engineers each year.

4. to receive / earn / get / gain / obtain / take a degree (at / from a university) получить степень; окончить / закончить высшее учебное заведение: Bhutto earned degrees at Harvard and Oxford. | He received / got / gained a master's degree in economics from Cornell University. | He took his degree in 1970.

5. to hold / have a degree (from a university) иметь степень: She holds / has a physics degree / a degree in physics from Oxford.

6. completion [uncountable] the act of finishing something окончание, завершение: Each student is given a certificate on successful completion of the course.

7. graduation (1) [uncountable] the time when you complete a university degree course or your education at an American high school окончание учебного заведения: On / upon graduation they received a university-accredited certificate. | She took a different route after graduation from Oxford in 1962.

(2) [uncountable; countable] a ceremony at which you receive a university degree or a diploma from an American high school церемония вручения дипломов или присвоения степеней: a graduation day / ceremony | We're going to Sarah's graduation on Sunday. | They listened to his speech at high school graduation. | They attended the graduation ceremony at Yale.

8. school-leaver | school leaver (BrE) | high-school graduate (AmE) [countable] someone who has just left school, especially to do or look for a job rather than going to college, university etc выпускник (школы): Most towns have a careers service to help school-leavers find suitable jobs. | A recent high-school graduate sat at the reception desk.

9. graduate [countable] (1) someone who has completed a university degree, especially a first degree выпускник (высшего учебного заведения): a college / university graduate | a Cambridge / Harvard graduate | a graduate of Edinburgh University | He's a history graduate. | He's a graduate in philosophy.

(2) (AmE) grad (informal) someone who has completed a course at a school, college or university выпускник (любого учебного заведения): a high-school graduate