graduate

Noun · Verb · Adjective
Synonyms: alumnusalumnaalumgradcalibratefine-tunegraduate(a)postgraduate

WordNet 3.0

Noun (2)

  1. a person who has received a degree from a school (high school or college or university)Synonyms: alumnusalumnaalumgrad
  2. a measuring instrument for measuring fluid volume; a glass container (cup or cylinder or flask) whose sides are marked with or divided into amounts

Verb (3)

  1. receive an academic degree upon completion of one's studies“She graduated in 1990”
  2. confer an academic degree upon“This school graduates 2,000 students each year”
  3. make fine adjustments or divide into marked intervals for optimal measuring“calibrate an instrument”“graduate a cylinder”Synonyms: calibratefine-tune

Adjective (1)

  1. of or relating to studies beyond a bachelor's degree“graduate courses”Synonyms: graduate(a)postgraduate
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Graduate \Grad"u*ate\, v. i.

1.To pass by degrees; to change gradually; to shade off; as, sandstone which graduates into gneiss; carnelian sometimes graduates into quartz. [1913 Webster]

2.(Zool.) To taper, as the tail of certain birds. [1913 Webster]

3.To take a degree in a college or university; to become a graduate; to receive a diploma. [1913 Webster]

He graduated at Oxford.— Latham.[1913 Webster]
He was brought to their bar and asked where he had graduated.— Macaulay.[1913 Webster]
Graduate \Grad"u*ate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Graduatedp. pr. & vb. n. Graduating.] [Cf. F. graduer. See Graduate, n., Grade.] [1913 Webster]

1.To mark with degrees; to divide into regular steps, grades, or intervals, as the scale of a thermometer, a scheme of punishment or rewards, etc. [1913 Webster]

2.To admit or elevate to a certain grade or degree; esp., in a college or university, to admit, at the close of the course, to an honorable standing defined by a diploma; as, he was graduated at Yale College. [1913 Webster]

3.To prepare gradually; to arrange, temper, or modify by degrees or to a certain degree; to determine the degrees of; as, to graduate the heat of an oven. [1913 Webster]

Dyers advance and graduate their colors with salts.— Browne.[1913 Webster]

4.(Chem.) To bring to a certain degree of consistency, by evaporation, as a fluid. [1913 Webster]

Graduating engine, a dividing engine. See Dividing engine, under Dividing. [1913 Webster]

Graduate \Grad"u*ate\, n. [LL. graduatus, p. p. of graduare to admit to a degree, fr. L. gradus grade. See Grade, n.]

1.One who has received an academical or professional degree; one who has completed the prescribed course of study in any school or institution of learning. [1913 Webster]

2.A graduated cup, tube, flask, or cylinder; a glass measuring container used by apothecaries and chemists. See under Graduated. [1913 Webster]

Graduate \Grad"u*ate\, a. [See Graduate, n. & v.] Arranged by successive steps or degrees; graduated. [1913 Webster]

Beginning with the genus, passing through all the graduate and subordinate stages. --Tatham. [1913 Webster]

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