What is the meaning of graduate?

noun

  • A person who has received a degree from a school (high school or college or university.
  • 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.
    • usage: "She graduated in 1990"
  • Confer an academic degree upon.
    • usage: "This school graduates 2, 000 students each year"
  • Make fine adjustments or divide into marked intervals for optimal measuring.
    • usage: "calibrate an instrument"; "graduate a cylinder"

adjective

  • Of or relating to studies beyond a bachelor's degree.
    • usage: "graduate courses"
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