Graduate - Definition
graduate
adj 1: of or relating to studies beyond a bachelor's degree;
"graduate courses" [syn: graduate(a), postgraduate]
n 1: a person who has received a degree from a school (high
school or college or university) [syn: alumnus, alumna,
alum, graduate, 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
v 1: receive an academic degree upon completion of one's
studies; "She graduated in 1990"
2: confer an academic degree upon; "This school graduates 2,000
students each year"
3: make fine adjustments or divide into marked intervals for
optimal measuring; "calibrate an instrument"; "graduate a
cylinder" [syn: calibrate, graduate, fine-tune]