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graduate   (TTS Sound)

The noun graduate has 2 senses

• alumnus, alumna, alum, graduate, grad -- (a person who has received a degree from a school (high school or college or university))


• graduate -- (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 verb graduate has 3 senses

• graduate -- (receive an academic degree upon completion of one's studies; "She graduated in 1990")


• graduate -- (confer an academic degree upon; "This school graduates 2,000 students each year")


• calibrate, graduate, fine-tune -- (make fine adjustments or divide into marked intervals for optimal measuring; "calibrate an instrument"; "graduate a cylinder")

The adj graduate has 1 sense

• graduate, postgraduate -- (of or relating to studies beyond a bachelor's degree; "graduate courses")