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graduate
('gr/&//dZ//@/w/@/t )

adjective (a)

  • Arranged by successive steps or degrees; graduated.(adjective)
    source: webster1913

noun (n)

  • a person who has received a degree from a school (high school or college or university)(noun.person)
    Synonym:
    alum, alumna, alumnus, grad
    source: wordnet30
  • a measuring instrument for measuring fluid volume; a glass container (cup or cylinder or flask) whose sides are marked with or divided into amounts(noun.artifact)
    source: wordnet30
  • 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.(noun)
    source: webster1913

adjective satellite (s)

  • of or relating to studies beyond a bachelor's degree(adj.all)
    Example:
    Graduate courses.
    Synonym:
    postgraduate
    source: wordnet30

verb (v)

  • receive an academic degree upon completion of one's studies(verb.possession)
    Example:
    She graduated in 1990.
    source: wordnet30
  • confer an academic degree upon(verb.possession)
    Example:
    This school graduates 2,000 students each year.
    source: wordnet30
  • make fine adjustments or divide into marked intervals for optimal measuring(verb.change)
    Example:
    Graduate a cylinder.
    Synonym:
    calibrate, fine-tune
    source: wordnet30
  • 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.(verb)
    source: webster1913
  • To pass by degrees; to change gradually; to shade off; as, sandstone which graduates into gneiss; carnelian sometimes graduates into quartz.(verb)
    source: webster1913
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