Noun | 1. | graduate - a person who has received a degree from a school (high school or college or university) |
2. | graduate - a measuring instrument for measuring fluid volume; a glass container (cup or cylinder or flask) whose sides are marked with or divided into amounts | |
Verb | 1. | graduate - receive an academic degree upon completion of one's studies; "She graduated in 1990" |
2. | graduate - confer an academic degree upon; "This school graduates 2,000 students each year" | |
3. | graduate - make fine adjustments or divide into marked intervals for optimal measuring; "calibrate an instrument"; "graduate a cylinder" | |
Adj. | 1. | graduate - of or relating to studies beyond a bachelor's degree; "graduate courses" Synonyms: postgraduate |