Graduate
WordNet
noun
(1) A measuring instrument for measuring fluid volume; a glass container (cup or cylinder or flask) whose sides are marked with or divided into amounts
(2) A person who has received a degree from a school (high school or college or university)
verb
(3) Make fine adjustments or divide into marked intervals for optimal measuring
"Calibrate an instrument"
"Graduate a cylinder"
(4) Confer an academic degree upon
"This school graduates 2,000 students each year"
(5) Receive an academic degree upon completion of one's studies
"She graduated in 1990"
WiktionaryText
Noun
- A person who is recognized by a university as having completed the requirements of a degree studied at the institution
- A person who is recognized by a high school as having completed the requirements of a course of study at the school
- A graduated (marked) cup or other container, thus fit for measuring
Adjective
- graduated, arranged by degrees
- holding an academic degree
- relating to an academic degree
Verb
- To be recognized by a school or university as having completed the requirements of a degree studied at the institution, often with "from"
- The man graduated in 1967.
- Trisha graduated from college.
- To be recognized by a school or university as having completed the requirements of a degree studied at the institution, used without "from"
- Trisha graduated college.
- To certify (a student) as having earned a degree
- Indiana University graduated the student.
- To mark a scale on (something) so that it can be used for measuring
- To change gradually