Graduate (noun)
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.”
Graduate (noun)
A person who is recognized by a high school as having completed the requirements of a course of study at the school.
Graduate (noun)
A person who is recognized as having completed any level of education.
Graduate (noun)
A graduated (marked) cup or other container, thus fit for measuring.
Graduate (adjective)
graduated, arranged by degrees
Graduate (adjective)
holding an academic degree
Graduate (adjective)
relating to an academic degree
Graduate (verb)
To be recognized by a school or university as having completed the requirements of a degree studied at the institution.
“The man graduated in 1967.”
“Trisha graduated from college.”
Graduate (verb)
To be certified as having earned a degree from; to graduate from (an institution).
“Trisha graduated college.”
Graduate (verb)
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.”
Graduate (verb)
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.
Graduate (verb)
To change gradually.
“sandstone which graduates into gneiss; carnelian sometimes graduates into quartz”
Graduate (verb)
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”
Graduate (verb)
To bring to a certain degree of consistency, by evaporation, as a fluid.
Graduate (verb)
To taper, as the tail of certain birds.
Graduate (noun)
a person who has successfully completed a course of study or training, especially a person who has been awarded an undergraduate or first academic degree.
Graduate (noun)
a person who has received a high school diploma
“she is 19, a graduate of Lincoln High”
Graduate (noun)
a graduated cup, tube, flask, or measuring glass, used especially by chemists and pharmacists.
Graduate (verb)
successfully complete an academic degree, course of training, or (in North America) high school
“he graduated from Glasgow University in 1990”
“he graduated in the summer with a 2:2 degree”
Graduate (verb)
receive an academic degree from
“he graduated Harvard in 1965”
Graduate (verb)
confer a degree or other academic qualification on
“the school graduated more than one hundred arts majors in its first year”
Graduate (verb)
move up to (a more advanced level or position)
“he started with motorbikes but now he’s graduated to his first car”
Graduate (verb)
arrange in a series or according to a scale
“the stones were graduated in height from the lowest near the entrance to the tallest opposite”
Graduate (verb)
mark out (an instrument or container) in degrees or other proportionate gradations
“the stem was graduated with marks for each hour”
Graduate (verb)
change (something, typically colour or shade) gradually or step by step
“the colour is graduated from the middle of the frame to the top”
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