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graduateness

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

Generic qualities that might be expected of any graduate.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable

Examples

  • 2006, The Higher Education Quality Council (HEQC): Quality Enhancement Group (1995), What Are Graduates? Clarifying The Attributes Of Graduateness, https://web.archive.org/web/20060926193403/http://www.city.londonmet.ac.uk/deliberations/graduates/starter.html [6] The exploration in greater depth of the notion of graduateness is ... This suggests that an agreed notion of graduateness (or notions - if there turn ...

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History

Etymology

Etymology tree English graduate Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English graduateness From graduate + -ness.