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graduate

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

Arranged by successive steps or degrees; graduated.(adjective)

source: webster1913

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

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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