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GRADUATE SCHOOL
I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A school in a university offering study leading to degrees beyond the bachelor's degree
Synonyms:
grad school; graduate school
Classified under:
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects
Hypernyms ("graduate school" is a kind of...):
school (an educational institution)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "graduate school"):
business school (a graduate school offering study leading to a degree of Master in Business Administration)
dental school; school of dentistry (a graduate school offering study leading to degrees in dentistry)
law school; school of law (a graduate school offering study leading to a law degree)
medical school; school of medicine (a graduate school offering study leading to a medical degree)
Holonyms ("graduate school" is a member of...):
university (the body of faculty and students at a university)
Context examples:
The full moon of March 9 may also bring a test to prove your credentials, such as the bar exam or any of the entrance exams for graduate school.
(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)
The ninth house—so lit up for you—also rules academic study in college or graduate school and the media, such as publishing or broadcasting projects, or being the writer, producer, or the subject of publicity.
(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)
In the weeks that follow February 23 under this encouraging new moon, you can sign up for graduate school, college, continuing education classes, or you can attend book signings—these possibilities will heighten your creativity.
(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)
This suggests you may have given up dining out in restaurants each week, for example, so you could accumulate enough money for a down payment on a property you want to buy or to pay for graduate school.
(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)
