1. Receive an academic degree upon completion of one's studies; completion of a course or training
   "She graduated in 1990"
    
2. Confer an academic degree upon
   "This school graduates 2,000 students each year"
    
3. Make fine adjustments or divide into marked intervals for optimal measuring
   "graduate a cylinder";
   - calibrate, fine-tune
    
4. Change gradually or by degrees
   "The colours graduate from light to dark"

1. A person who has received a degree from a school (high school, college or university)
   "He was a proud graduate of the state university";
   - alum, grad
    
2. A measuring instrument for measuring fluid volume; a glass container (cup or cylinder or flask) whose sides are marked with or divided into amounts
   "The chemist used a graduate to measure precise volumes of liquid"

1. Of or relating to studies beyond a bachelor's degree
   "graduate courses";
   - postgraduate, postgrad [informal]

Derived forms: graduated, graduating, graduates

See also: high

Type of: adjust, bestow, confer, correct, have, measuring device, measuring instrument, measuring system, receive, scholar, scholarly person, set

Encyclopedia: Graduate