GRADUATE

graduate

Noun

  1. A person who is recognized by a university as having completed the requirements of a degree studied at the institution
    If the government wants graduates to stay in the country they should offer more incentives.
  2. A person who is recognized by a high school as having completed the requirements of a course of study at the school
  3. A graduated (marked) cup or other container, thus fit for measuring

Verb

  1. To be recognized by a school or university as having completed the requirements of a degree studied at the institution. See note on “from” usage.
    The man graduated in 1967.
    Trisha graduated from college.
    Trisha graduated college.
  2. To certify (a student) as having earned a degree
    Indiana University graduated the student.
    The college graduated him as soon as he was no longer eligible to play under NCAA rules.
  3. To mark (something) with degrees; to divide into regular steps or intervals, as the scale of a thermometer, a scheme of punishment or rewards, etc.
  4. To change gradually.
    sandstone which graduates into gneiss; carnelian sometimes graduates into quartz
  5. To prepare gradually; to arrange, temper, or modify by degrees or to a certain degree; to determine the degrees of.
    to graduate the heat of an oven
  6. To bring to a certain degree of consistency, by evaporation, as a fluid.
  7. To taper, as the tail of certain birds.

Adjective

  1. graduated, arranged by degrees
  2. holding an academic degree
  3. relating to an academic degree


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