graduate

Noun
  1. A person who has received a degree from a school (high school or college or university) (synset 109805779)
    is a type of: bookman, scholar, scholarly person, student - a learned person (especially in the humanities); someone who by long study has gained mastery in one or more disciplines
    subtypes:
    • ivy leaguer - a student or graduate at an Ivy League school
    • old boy - a former male pupil of a school
    same as: alum, alumna, alumnus, 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 (synset 103456417)
    is a type of: measuring device, measuring instrument, measuring system - instrument that shows the extent or amount or quantity or degree of something
    subtypes: graduated cylinder - a cylindrical graduate
Adjective
  1. Of or relating to studies beyond a bachelor's degree (synset 301214337)
    "graduate courses"
    similar to: high - greater than normal in degree or intensity or amount
    same as: postgraduate
Verb
  1. Receive an academic degree upon completion of one's studies (synset 202269205)
    "She graduated in 1990"
    is a type of: have, receive - get something; come into possession of
  2. Confer an academic degree upon (synset 202268987)
    "This school graduates 2,000 students each year"
    causes: graduate - receive an academic degree upon completion of one's studies
    is a type of: bestow, confer - present
  3. Make fine adjustments or divide into marked intervals for optimal measuring (synset 200296478)
    "calibrate an instrument"; "graduate a cylinder"
    is a type of: adjust, correct, set - alter or regulate so as to achieve accuracy or conform to a standard
    same as: calibrate, fine-tune

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