The world's most widely spoken languages by number of native speakers and as a second language, according to figures from UNESCO (The United Nationsâ Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization), are: Mandarin Chinese, English, Spanish, Hindi, Arabic, Bengali, Russian, Portuguese, Japanese, German and French. 3.
Examples of graduate in a sentence. 1  He graduated from the university last June. 2  They both graduated with honors. 3  She graduated with a degree in history.  He joined the navy after graduating from high 1  school. a graduating class of 300 students.  He joined the navy after graduating high 1  school. The word has graduated from slang to accepted  use.
Discussion of graduate. In the 19th century the transitive sense (1a) was prescribed; the intransitive I graduated from college was condemned. The intransitive prevailed nonetheless, and today it is the sense likely to be prescribed and the newer transitive sense (1b) she graduated high school the one condemned.