1. one who has completed a course of study and received a degree or diploma (i.e. at a university or college); glass vessel for measuring liquids. complete a course of study and receive a degree or diploma (as from a university or college); organize, arrange in grades; change gradually; grant a degree to one who has completed a course of study; divide into degrees, mark with degrees. having a degree or diploma; concerning studies beyond a bachelor's degree. graduate\grad"u*ate\, v. i.
2. to pass by degrees; to change gradually; to shade off; as, sandstone which graduates into gneiss; carnelian sometimes graduates into quartz.
3. (zo?l.) to taper, as the tail of certain birds.
4. to take a degree in a college or university; to become a graduate; to receive a diploma. he graduated at oxford. he was brought to their bar and asked where he had graduated.graduate \grad"u*ate\ , n. [ll. graduatus, p. p. of graduare to admit to a degree, fr. l. gradus grade. see:
grade, n.].
5. one who has received an academical or professional degree; one who has completed the prescribed course of study in any school or institution of learning.
6. a graduated cup, tube, or flask; a measuring glass used by apothecaries and chemists. see:
under graduated.graduate \grad"u*ate\ , v. t. [imp. & p. p. graduated p. pr. & vb. n. graduating .] [cf. f. graduer. see:
graduate, n., grade.].
7. to mark with degrees; to divide into regular steps, grades, or intervals, as the scale of a thermometer, a scheme of punishment or rewards, etc.
8. to admit or elevate to a certain grade or degree; esp., in a college or university, to admit, at the close of the course, to an honorable standing defined by a diploma; as, he was graduated at yale college.
9. to prepare gradually; to arrange, temper, or modify by degrees or to a certain degree; to determine the degrees of; as, to graduate the heat of an oven. dyers advance and graduate their colors with salts. --browne.
10. (chem.) to bring to a certain degree of consistency, by evaporation, as a fluid.
11. To mark with degrees; to divide into regular steps, grades, or intervals, as the scale of a thermometer, a scheme of punishment or rewards, etc.
12. To admit or elevate to a certain grade or degree; esp., in a college or university, to admit, at the close of the course, to an honorable standing defined by a diploma; as, he was graduated at Yale College.
13. To prepare gradually; to arrange, temper, or modify by degrees or to a certain degree; to determine the degrees of; as, to graduate the heat of an oven.
14. To bring to a certain degree of consistency, by evaporation, as a fluid.
15. To pass by degrees; to change gradually; to shade off; as, sandstone which graduates into gneiss; carnelian sometimes graduates into quartz.
16. To taper, as the tail of certain birds.
17. To take a degree in a college or university; to become a graduate; to receive a diploma.
18. One who has received an academical or professional degree; one who has completed the prescribed course of study in any school or institution of learning.
19. A graduated cup, tube, or flask; a measuring glass used by apothecaries and chemists.
20. See under Graduated.
21. Arranged by successive steps or degrees; graduated. a measuring instrument for measuring fluid volume; a glass container whose sides are marked with or divided into amounts confer an academic degree upon; "This school graduates 2,000 students each year" receive an academic degree upon completion of one's studies; "She graduated in 1990".
22. 1. In Britain, a graduate is a person who has successfully completed a degree at a university or college and has received a certificate that shows this. In 1973, the first Open University graduates received their degrees. graduates in engineering.
23. In the United States, a graduate is a student who has successfully completed a course at a high school, college, or university. The top one-third of all high school graduates are entitled to an education at the California State University.
24. In Britain, when a student graduates from university, they have successfully completed a degree course. She graduated in English and Drama from Manchester University.
25. In the United States, when a student graduates, they complete their studies successfully and leave their school or university. You can also say that a school or university graduates a student or students. When the boys graduated from high school, Ann moved to a small town in Vermont In 1986, American universities graduated a record number of students with degrees in computer science.
26. If you graduate from one thing to another, you go from a less important job or position to a more important one. From commercials she quickly graduated to television shows. = progress.