How To Pronounce Graduate

The stress in graduate moves depending on how the word is used.

Noun. It is /ˈɡrædʒ.u.ət/ or /ˈɡrædʒ.u.ɪt/ in British English and /ˈɡrædʒ.u.ət/ in American English with the main stress on the first syllable, as in “a graduate”.

Verb. It is /ˈɡrædʒ.u.eɪt/ in British English and /ˈɡrædʒ.u.eɪt/ in American English with the main stress on the first syllable, as in “to graduate”.

Slashes / / show the phonemic transcription, the sounds that change meaning. Square brackets [ ] show the phonetic transcription, with the finer detail of how the sounds are actually made.