Overview of verb graduate

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")

Overview of adj graduated

The adj graduated has 2 senses

• calibrated, graduated -- (marked with or divided into degrees; "a calibrated thermometer")


• gradational, gradatory, graduated -- (taking place by degrees)