Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- intransitive verb To be granted an academic degree or diploma.
- intransitive verb To change gradually or by degrees.
- intransitive verb To advance to a new level of skill, achievement, or activity.
- intransitive verb To grant an academic degree or diploma to.
- intransitive verb Usage Problem To receive an academic degree from.
- intransitive verb To arrange or divide into categories, steps, or grades.
- intransitive verb To divide into marked intervals, especially for use in measurement.
- noun One who has received an academic degree or diploma.
- noun A graduated container, such as a cylinder or beaker.
- adjective Possessing an academic degree or diploma.
- adjective Of, intended for, or relating to studies beyond a bachelor's degree.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Arranged in successive steps or degrees; graduated.
- Having received a degree; having been graduated: as, a graduate student.
- noun One who has been admitted to a degree in a college or university, or by some professional incorporated society, after examination.
- noun A graduated glass vessel used for measuring liquids, as by chemists, apothecaries, etc.
- To mark with degrees, regular intervals, or divisions; divide into small regular distances: as, to
graduate a thermometer, a scale, etc. - To arrange or place in a series of grades or gradations; establish gradation in: as, to
graduate punishment. - To confer a degree upon at the close of a course of study, as a student in a college or university; certify by diploma, after examination, the attainment of a certain grade of learning by: as, he was graduated A. B., and afterward A. M.
- To prepare gradually; temper or modify by degrees.
- To raise to a higher degree, as of fineness, consistency, etc.: as, to
graduate brine by evaporation. - To pass by degrees; change or pass gradually.
- To receive a degree from a college or university, after examination in a course of study; be graduated.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- intransitive verb To pass by degrees; to change gradually; to shade off
- intransitive verb (Zoöl.) To taper, as the tail of certain birds.
- intransitive verb To take a degree in a college or university; to become a graduate; to receive a diploma.
- transitive verb 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.
- transitive verb 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.
- transitive verb To prepare gradually; to arrange, temper, or modify by degrees or to a certain degree; to determine the degrees of.
- transitive verb (Chem.) To bring to a certain degree of consistency, by evaporation, as a fluid.
- transitive verb a dividing engine. See Dividing engine, under
Dividing . - adjective Arranged by successive steps or degrees; graduated.
- noun 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 A graduated cup, tube, flask, or cylinder; a glass measuring container used by apothecaries and chemists. See under
Graduated .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A person who is recognized by a
university as having completed the requirements of adegree studied at the institution - noun US A person who is recognized by a
high school as having completed the requirements of a course of study at the school - noun A graduated (marked) cup or other
container , thus fit for measuring - adjective graduated, arranged by
degrees - adjective holding an academic degree
- adjective relating to an academic degree
- verb intransitive, ergative To be recognized by a
school oruniversity as having completed the requirements of adegree studied at the institution. See note on “from” usage. - verb transitive To certify (a student) as having earned a degree
- verb transitive To mark a
scale on (something) so that it can be used for measuring - verb intransitive To change gradually
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective of or relating to studies beyond a bachelor's degree
- verb make fine adjustments or divide into marked intervals for optimal measuring
- noun a person who has received a degree from a school (high school or college or university)
- noun a measuring instrument for measuring fluid volume; a glass container (cup or cylinder or flask) whose sides are marked with or divided into amounts
- verb receive an academic degree upon completion of one's studies
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
[Middle English graduaten, to confer a degree, from Medieval Latin graduārī, graduāt-, to take a degree, from Latin gradus, step; see grade.]
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
From Latin graduātus ("graduated"), from gradus ("step").
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Examples
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I might add, in the health law, they did do some reconfiguration of what they call the graduate medical education slots.
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I might add, in the health law, they did do some reconfiguration of what they call the graduate medical education slots.
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I might add, in the health law, they did do some reconfiguration of what they call the graduate medical education slots.
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The U.S. graduate is much better educated, but not nearly as proficient in his chosen profession.
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Even I have been to Sparta, Illinois back when I was in graduate school in Carbondale.
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The Mexican graduate is already a specialist but by U.S. standards is poorly educated.
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The U.S. graduate is much better educated, but not nearly as proficient in his chosen profession.
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The big advantage of attending Harvard commencement as a family member instead of an actual graduate is that you spend hours on end sitting around instead of hours on end standing around.
Archive 2009-06-01 Matthew Guerrieri 2009
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My wife has seen this first-hand as an adjunct professor, and I saw it in graduate school here in Houston.
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The Mexican graduate is already a specialist but by U.S. standards is poorly educated.
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May 13, 2008