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Graduates Pronunciation
Graduates is pronounced GRA-joo-ayts, IPA /ˈgrædʒəˌweɪts/.
GRA-joo-ayts
US /ˈgrædʒəˌweɪts/
Syllables: GRA · joo · ayts (3 syllables, stress on syllable 1)
noun and verb: People who have completed a degree, or what a person does on finishing one.
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Graduates in a Sentence
- Most graduates leave the city within a year.
- She graduates in July and starts in September.
- Two hundred graduates filled the hall.
Common Mispronunciations of Graduates
Not gra-JOO-ayts
The opening beat holds the weight in both the noun and the verb.
Not GRA-dyoo-ayts
Americans say joo where British speakers say dyoo, and the form printed here follows the American reading.
Tip: The noun and the verb part company at the ending: graduates the people are GRA-joo-uhts, and she graduates is GRA-joo-ayts.
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