graduates is a form of:

Graduate



noun
1.
~ (in something) អ្នកចប់ការសិក្សា, អ្នករៀនចប់
2.
(បច្ចេកទេស) អ្នកសិក្សាចប់មហាវិទ្យាល័យ ឬសាលាឯកទេស
adjective
1.
Graduate nurse ដែលចប់ការសិក្សាហើយ, graduate student នៃផ្នែកជាន់ខ្ពស់នៃមហាវិទ្យាល័យ
verbpast tense: graduated ; past participle: graduated ; present participle: graduating ;
1.
(INTRANSITIVE) ~ (in something) (at from something) (a person who has finished a course of study at a university or college and has received a degree or diploma. -graduate college a school leading to higher degrees more advanced that the bachelor's degree) រៀនចប់, សិក្សា
ENGLISH MEANING
noun
1.
One who has received an academical or professional degree; one who has completed the prescribed course of study in any school or institution of learning.
2.
A graduated cup, tube, or flask; a measuring glass used by apothecaries and chemists.
verbpast tense: graduated ; past participle: graduated ; present participle: graduating ;
1.
Arranged by successive steps or degrees; graduated.
2.
To prepare gradually; to arrange, temper, or modify by degrees or to a certain degree; to determine the degrees of; as, to graduate the heat of an oven.
3.
To mark with degrees; to divide into regular steps, grades, or intervals, as the scale of a thermometer, a scheme of punishment or rewards, etc.
4.
To admit or elevate to a certain grade or degree; esp., in a college or university, to admit, at the close of the course, to an honorable standing defined by a diploma; as, he was graduated at Yale College.
5.
To bring to a certain degree of consistency, by evaporation, as a fluid.
6.
(INTRANSITIVE) To pass by degrees; to change gradually; to shade off; as, sandstone which graduates into gneiss; carnelian sometimes graduates into quartz.
7.
(INTRANSITIVE) To taper, as the tail of certain birds.
8.
(INTRANSITIVE) To take a degree in a college or university; to become a graduate; to receive a diploma.