gradweyt

Cebuano

Alternative forms

• gradwet

Etymology

From English graduate, from Latin graduātus (“graduated”), from gradus (“step”).

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: grad‧weyt

Verb

gradweyt

1. to graduate from university, preschool, high school, etc.

Quotations

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Tagalog

Alternative forms

• gradwet

Etymology

Borrowed from English graduate. The basketball slang is a pun on the sixth grade of the Philippine elementary education system and the six fouls for a player to be removed from the game.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈɡɾadwejt/ [ˈɡɾaːd.wɛɪ̯t]
• Rhymes: -adwejt
• Syllabification: grad‧weyt

Noun

gradweyt (Baybayin spelling ᜄ᜔ᜇᜇ᜔ᜏᜒᜌ᜔ᜆ᜔)

1. graduate (person who has completed any level of education)

   Synonym: graduwado

Derived terms

• grumadweyt
• paggradweyt

 

Related terms

• gradwasyon

Adjective

gradweyt (Baybayin spelling ᜄ᜔ᜇᜇ᜔ᜏᜒᜌ᜔ᜆ᜔)

1. (basketball, slang) fouled out