Graduate

['grædʒʊət;-djʊət] or [ˈɡrædʒuˌet]

Definition

(noun.) 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.) confer an academic degree upon; 'This school graduates 2,000 students each year'.

(verb.) receive an academic degree upon completion of one's studies; 'She graduated in 1990'.

(adj.) of or relating to studies beyond a bachelor's degree; 'graduate courses' .

Checker: Sumner--From WordNet

Definition

(n.) 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.

(n.) 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.

(n.) 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.

(n.) To bring to a certain degree of consistency, by evaporation, as a fluid.

(v. i.) To pass by degrees; to change gradually; to shade off; as, sandstone which graduates into gneiss; carnelian sometimes graduates into quartz.

(v. i.) To taper, as the tail of certain birds.

(v. i.) To take a degree in a college or university; to become a graduate; to receive a diploma.

(n.) 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.

(n.) A graduated cup, tube, or flask; a measuring glass used by apothecaries and chemists. See under Graduated.

(n. & v.) Arranged by successive steps or degrees; graduated.

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Synonyms and Synonymous

v. a. [1]. Mark with degrees, divide into regular intervals.[2]. Adjust, adapt, proportion, regulate.

v. n. Take a degree, receive a diploma.

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Synonyms and Antonyms

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Typist: Tabitha

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Editor: Nell

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