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grad⋅u⋅ate
[n., adj. graj-oo-it, -eyt; v. graj-oo-eyt]
noun, adjective, verb, -at⋅ed, -at⋅ing.–noun
| 1. | a person who has received a degree or diploma on completing a course of study, as in a university, college, or school. |
| 2. | a student who holds the bachelor's or the first professional degree and is studying for an advanced degree. |
| 3. | a cylindrical or tapering graduated container, used for measuring. |
–adjective
| 4. | of, pertaining to, or involved in academic study beyond the first or bachelor's degree: graduate courses in business; a graduate student. |
| 5. | having an academic degree or diploma: a graduate engineer. |
–verb (used without object)
| 6. | to receive a degree or diploma on completing a course of study (often fol. by from): She graduated from college in 1985. |
| 7. | to pass by degrees; change gradually. |
–verb (used with object)
| 8. | to confer a degree upon, or to grant a diploma to, at the close of a course of study, as in a university, college, or school: Cornell graduated eighty students with honors. |
| 9. | Informal. to receive a degree or diploma from: She graduated college in 1950. |
| 10. | to arrange in grades or gradations; establish gradation in. |
| 11. | to divide into or mark with degrees or other divisions, as the scale of a thermometer. |
Origin:
1375–1425; late ME < ML graduātus (ptp. of graduāre), equiv. to grad(us) grade, step + -u- thematic vowel + -ātus -ate 1
1375–1425; late ME < ML graduātus (ptp. of graduāre), equiv. to grad(us) grade, step + -u- thematic vowel + -ātus -ate 1

Related forms:
grad⋅u⋅a⋅tor, noun
Usage note:
In the sense “to receive a degree or diploma” graduate followed by from is the most common construction today: Her daughter graduated from Yale in 1981. The passive form was graduated from, formerly insisted upon as the only correct pattern, has decreased in use and occurs infrequently today: My husband was graduated from West Point last year.
Even though it is condemned by some as nonstandard, the use of graduate as a transitive verb meaning “to receive a degree or diploma from” is increasing in frequency in both speech and writing: The twins graduated high school in 1974.
In the sense “to receive a degree or diploma” graduate followed by from is the most common construction today: Her daughter graduated from Yale in 1981. The passive form was graduated from, formerly insisted upon as the only correct pattern, has decreased in use and occurs infrequently today: My husband was graduated from West Point last year.
Even though it is condemned by some as nonstandard, the use of graduate as a transitive verb meaning “to receive a degree or diploma from” is increasing in frequency in both speech and writing: The twins graduated high school in 1974.
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Graduate
Grad"u*ate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Graduatedp. pr. & vb. n. Graduating.] [Cf. F. graduer. See Graduate, n., Grade.]1. 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. 2. 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. 3. 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. 4. (Chem.) To bring to a certain degree of consistency, by evaporation, as a fluid. Graduating engine, a dividing engine. See Dividing engine, under Dividing.Graduate
Grad"u*ate\, v. i. 1. To pass by degrees; to change gradually; to shade off; as, sandstone which graduates into gneiss; carnelian sometimes graduates into quartz. 2. (Zo["o]l.) To taper, as the tail of certain birds. 3. To take a degree in a college or university; to become a graduate; to receive a diploma. He graduated at Oxford. --Latham. He was brought to their bar and asked where he had graduated. --Macaulay.Graduate
Grad"u*ate\, n. [LL. graduatus, p. p. of graduare to admit to a degree, fr. L. gradus grade. See Grade, n.]1. 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. 2. A graduated cup, tube, or flask; a measuring glass used by apothecaries and chemists. See under Graduated.Graduate
Grad"u*ate\, a. [See Graduate, n. & v.] Arranged by successive steps or degrees; graduated. Beginning with the genus, passing through all the graduate and subordinate stages. --Tatham.
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Language Translation for : graduate
Spanish:
diplomarse en, licenciarse en,
German:
promovieren,
Japanese:
学位を受ける
graduate (n.)
1479, from M.L. graduatus, pp. of graduari "to take a degree," from L. gradus "step, grade" (see grade). The abbreviated form grad is attested from 1871. The verb is 1588 (trans.), 1807 (intrans.).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Main Entry: 1grad·u·ate
Pronunciation: 'graj-(&-)w&t, -&-"wAt
Function: noun
: a graduated cup, cylinder, or flask formeasuring
Main Entry: 2grad·u·ate
Pronunciation: 'graj-&-"wAt
Function: transitive verb
Inflected Forms: -at·ed;-at·ing
: to mark with degrees of measurement
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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