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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.”
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Graduate (noun)
A person who is recognized by a high school as having completed the requirements of a course of study at the school.
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Graduate (noun)
A person who is recognized as having completed any level of education.
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Graduate (noun)
A graduated (marked) cup or other container, thus fit for measuring.
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Graduate (adjective)
graduated, arranged by degrees
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Graduate (adjective)
holding an academic degree
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Graduate (adjective)
relating to an academic degree
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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.”
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Graduate (verb)
To be certified as having earned a degree from; to graduate from (an institution).
“Trisha graduated college.”
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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.”
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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.
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Graduate (verb)
To change gradually.
“sandstone which graduates into gneiss; carnelian sometimes graduates into quartz”
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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”
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Graduate (verb)
To bring to a certain degree of consistency, by evaporation, as a fluid.
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Graduate (verb)
To taper, as the tail of certain birds.
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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.
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Graduate (noun)
a person who has received a high school diploma
“she is 19, a graduate of Lincoln High”
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Graduate (noun)
a graduated cup, tube, flask, or measuring glass, used especially by chemists and pharmacists.
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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”
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Graduate (verb)
receive an academic degree from
“he graduated Harvard in 1965”
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Graduate (verb)
confer a degree or other academic qualification on
“the school graduated more than one hundred arts majors in its first year”
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Graduate (verb)
move up to (a more advanced level or position)
“he started with motorbikes but now he’s graduated to his first car”
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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”
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Graduate (verb)
mark out (an instrument or container) in degrees or other proportionate gradations
“the stem was graduated with marks for each hour”
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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”