graduated

/G R AE1 JH UW0 EY0 T IH0 D/
verb
  1. 1

    To be recognized by a school or university as having completed the requirements of a degree studied at the institution.

    โ€œThe man graduated in 1967.โ€

  2. 2

    To be certified as having earned a degree from; to graduate from (an institution).

    โ€œTrisha graduated college.โ€

  3. 3

    To certify (a student) as having earned a degree

    โ€œIndiana University graduated the student.โ€

  4. 4

    To mark (something) with degrees; to divide into regular steps or intervals, as the scale of a thermometer, a scheme of punishment or rewards, etc.

  5. 5

    To change gradually.

    โ€œsandstone which graduates into gneiss; carnelian sometimes graduates into quartzโ€

  6. 6

    To prepare gradually; to arrange, temper, or modify by degrees or to a certain degree; to determine the degrees of.

    โ€œto graduate the heat of an ovenโ€

  7. 7

    To bring to a certain degree of consistency, by evaporation, as a fluid.

  8. 8

    To taper, as the tail of certain birds.

adjective
  1. 1

    In steps.

  2. 2

    Having a university degree; having completed training.

  3. 3

    Marked with graduations.

  4. 4

    Arranged by grade, level, degree.

  5. 5

    Increasing in rate with the taxable base.

  6. 6

    Of a tail, having successively longer feathers towards the middle.

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