graduate
noun
• a person who has successfully completed a course of study or training, especially a person who has been awarded an undergraduate or first academic degree.
Similar:
degree holder,
person with a degree,
Bachelor of Arts,
BA,
Bachelor of Science,
BSc,
Master of Arts,
MA,
Master of Science,
MSc,
doctor,
PhD,
DPhil,
• a graduated cup, tube, flask, or measuring glass, used especially by chemists and pharmacists.
graduate
verb
• successfully complete an academic degree, course of training, or (in North America) high school.
• "he graduated from Glasgow University in 1990"
Similar:
qualify,
pass one's exams,
pass,
be certified,
be licensed,
take an academic degree,
receive/get one's degree,
become a graduate,
complete one's studies,
• arrange in a series or according to a scale.
• "the stones were graduated in height from the lowest near the entrance to the tallest opposite"
Similar:
arrange in a series,
arrange in order,
order,
group,
classify,
class,
categorize,
rank,
grade,
range,
• change (something, typically colour or shade) gradually or step by step.
• "the colour is graduated from the middle of the frame to the top"
Origin:
late Middle English: from medieval Latin graduat- ‘graduated’, from graduare ‘take a degree’, from Latin gradus ‘degree, step’.
