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graduate
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[ verb ] (education) receive an academic degree upon completion of one's studies
Examples "She graduated in 1990" Used in print (Jane Gilmore Rushing, "Against the Moon,"...)Bobby_Joe would be a senior this year , and he planned to graduate . Related terms |
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[ noun ] (education) a person who has received a degree from a school (high school or college or university)
Used in print (Edward P. Lawton, "Northern Liberals and Southern...)The strong feeling is certainly there ; but there is a leavening of liberalism among college graduates throughout the South , especially among those who studied in the North . Related terms |
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[ adjective ] of or relating to studies beyond a bachelor's degree
Synonyms Examples "graduate courses" Used in print (Edward Austin Walton, "On Education for the Interior...)Since there are almost no schools in the country offering graduate work in interior_design this rule cannot at_present be observed . Related terms |
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[ verb ] (education) confer an academic degree upon; 'This school graduates 2,000 students each year"
Used in print (The Sun, [Baltimore]...)Now 38 , Mr._Simpkins was graduated from the University of Maryland 's College of Agriculture in 1947 . (The Dallas Morning News,...)Reared in England , she studied to be a teacher , earned several scholarships and was graduated with_honors from the University of London . (Anne McCaffrey, "The Ship Who Sang," 7th...)On the anniversary of her sixteenth year in her shell , Helva was unconditionally graduated and installed in her ship , the XH-834 . |
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[ noun ] a measuring instrument for measuring fluid volume; a glass container (cup or cylinder or flask) whose sides are marked with or divided into amounts
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[ verb ] make fine adjustments or divide into marked intervals for optimal measuring
Examples "calibrate an instrument" "graduate a cylinder" Related terms |
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