GRADUATE SCHOOL

IPA (US):

 Dictionary entry overview: What does graduate school mean? 

• GRADUATE SCHOOL (noun)
  The noun GRADUATE SCHOOL has 1 sense:

1. a school in a university offering study leading to degrees beyond the bachelor's degree

  Familiarity information: GRADUATE SCHOOL used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• GRADUATE SCHOOL (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A school in a university offering study leading to degrees beyond the bachelor's degree

Classified under:

Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

Synonyms:

grad school; graduate school

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 

If you plan to go to college or to graduate school for an advanced degree, this year will be important for you.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

An advanced academic degree in the field of social work which is received from a graduate school that has been approved by the Council on Social Work Education.

(Master of Social Work, NCI Thesaurus)

You might be on a book signing tour or decide to go back to college or graduate school for a degree.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

You may be sending a check for graduate school tuition, a student loan, or a down payment down on a house.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

There are other possibilities—you may make a decision about going to graduate school, and if you decide to go, you’ll announce the name of the university you will attend.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

Your ninth house is essentially an intellectual one, so your quest for higher education falls here, namely when you go to college or graduate school.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

If you are going off to graduate school, register for your classes early before your favorites are snapped up by others.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

If you are in graduate school, you could be ready to defend your thesis.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

If you’re hoping to get into graduate school, a professor may take you under his wing and help you.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

Something about the coming year in college or graduate school will be especially enlightening and have a strong bearing on your future course.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)