graduate

Meaning

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.

Concepts

graduate

alumnus

grad

calibrate

postgraduate

graduating student

graduation

graduated

bachelor

senior

certificated

having a degree

grade

fine-tune

alum

alumna

measuring glass

be graduated

deface

degrade

demote

shade

graded

scalable

old boy

outflow

rising

intellectual

knowledgeable person

scholar

pundit

sage

baccalaureate

diplomate

degree-holder

qualified person

upper-level

final-year student

professionally qualified

finish ones’ course of study

gradate

progress

licensed

medicine glass

pass examinations

graduations in degrees

indexing

scale mark

classify

grading

adjust

regulate

certificate

certify

gauge

undergrad

undergraduate

finish something

graduate student

graduated cylinder

scale

finish

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈɡɹædjuət/

Etymology

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