graduate

Meanings

• a person who has received a degree from a school (high school or college or university)
• a measuring instrument for measuring fluid volume; a glass container (cup or cylinder or flask) whose sides are marked with or divided into amounts
• receive an academic degree upon completion of one's studies
  • "She graduated in 1990"
• confer an academic degree upon
  • "This school graduates 2,000 students each year"
• make fine adjustments or divide into marked intervals for optimal measuring
  • "graduate a cylinder"
• of or relating to studies beyond a bachelor's degree
  • "graduate courses"

Synonyms

alum, alumna, alumnus, calibrate, fine-tune, grad, postgraduate