graduate

1. 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. Source: opted

2. 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. Source: opted

3. 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. Source: opted

4. n. To bring to a certain degree of consistency, by evaporation, as a fluid. Source: opted

5. v. i. To pass by degrees; to change gradually; to shade off; as, sandstone which graduates into gneiss; carnelian sometimes graduates into quartz. Source: opted

6. v. i. To taper, as the tail of certain birds. Source: opted

7. v. i. To take a degree in a college or university; to become a graduate; to receive a diploma. Source: opted

8. 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. Source: opted

9. n. A graduated cup, tube, or flask; a measuring glass used by apothecaries and chemists. See under Graduated. Source: opted

10. n. & v. Arranged by successive steps or degrees; graduated. Source: opted

11. adj. of or relating to studies beyond a bachelor's degree Source: wordnet

12. n. a person who has received a degree from a school (high school or college or university) Source: wordnet

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