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Meaning of 'graduate' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Graduate [ 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- To bring to a certain degree of consistency, by evaporation, as a fluid.
- 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.
- A graduated cup, tube, or flask; a measuring glass used by apothecaries and chemists. See under Graduated.
2 . Graduate [ n. & v.]
- Arranged by successive steps or degrees; graduated.
3 . Graduate [ v. i.]
- To pass by degrees; to change gradually; to shade off; as, sandstone which graduates into gneiss; carnelian sometimes graduates into quartz.
- To taper, as the tail of certain birds.
- To take a degree in a college or university; to become a graduate; to receive a diploma.

Meaning of 'graduate' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . graduate [ v]
Meaning (1):
- make fine adjustments or divide into marked intervals for optimal measuring
Example in sentence:
  • calibrate an instrument;
  • graduate a cylinder
Meaning (2):
- receive an academic degree upon completion of one's studies
Example in sentence:
  • She graduated in 1990
Meaning (3):
- confer an academic degree upon
Example in sentence:
  • This school graduates 2,000 students each year
4 . graduate [ s]
Meaning (4):
- of or relating to studies beyond a bachelor's degree
Example in sentence:
  • graduate courses

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