graduate

Betekenis

Noun

1. A person who is recognized by a university as having completed the requirements of a degree studied at the institution.
2. A person who is recognized by a high school as having completed the requirements of a course of study at the school.
3. A person who is recognized as having completed any level of education.
4. A graduated (marked) cup or other container, thus fit for measuring.

Adj

1. graduated, arranged by degrees
2. holding an academic degree
3. relating to an academic degree

Verb

1. To be recognized by a school or university as having completed the requirements of a degree studied at the institution.
2. To be certified as having earned a degree from; to graduate from (an institution).
3. To certify (a student) as having earned a degree
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. To change gradually.
6. To prepare gradually; to arrange, temper, or modify by degrees or to a certain degree; to determine the degrees of.
7. To bring to a certain degree of consistency, by evaporation, as a fluid.
8. To taper, as the tail of certain birds.
9. To approve (a feature) for general release.
10. Of an idol: to exit a group; or of a virtual YouTuber, to leave a management agency; usually accompanied with "graduation ceremony" send-offs, increased focus on the leaving member, and the like.

Uitgesproken als (IPA)

/ˈɡɹædjuət/

Etymologie

From Latin graduātus (“graduated”), from gradus (“step”).