| VERB | possession | graduate | receive an academic degree upon completion of one's studies |
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| possession | graduate | confer an academic degree upon | |
| change | graduate, calibrate, fine-tune | make fine adjustments or divide into marked intervals for optimal measuring | |
| NOUN | person | graduate, alumnus, alumna, alum, grad | a person who has received a degree from a school (high school or college or university / university) |
| artifact | graduate | a measuring instrument for measuring fluid volume | |
| ADJECTIVE | all | graduate, postgraduate | of or relating to studies beyond a bachelor's degree |
| Sounds | grae'jhahwaht; grae'jhahwey.t; grae'jhuwey.t; grae'jhuwwaht | |
|---|---|---|
| Rhymes | abbot ... zealot / Zealot: 372 rhymes with aht... | |
| abate ... welterweight: 559 rhymes with eyt... | ||
| Meaning | Of or relating to studies beyond a bachelor's degree. | |
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| Example | "graduate courses" | |
| Synonym | postgraduate | |
| Broader | high | Greater than normal in degree or intensity or amount |
| Spanish | graduado, posgraduado | |
| Meaning | A person who has received a degree from a school (high school or college or university / university). | |
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| Synonyms | alumnus, alumna, alum, grad | |
| Narrower | Ivy Leaguer | A student or graduate at an Ivy League school |
| old boy | A former male pupil of a school | |
| Broader | scholar, scholarly person, bookman, student | A learned person (especially in the humanities) |
| Spanish | alumna, alumno, diplomado, graduado, titulado | |
| Catalan | alumna, diplomat, graduat, titulat | |
| Verbs | graduate | receive an academic degree upon completion of one's studies |
| graduate | confer an academic degree upon | |
| Meaning | 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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| Narrower | graduated cylinder | A cylindrical graduate |
| Broader | measuring instrument, measuring system, measuring device | instrument that shows the extent or amount or quantity or degree of something |
| Verbs | graduate | make fine adjustments or divide into marked intervals for optimal measuring |
| Meaning | Receive an academic degree upon completion of one's studies. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s | |
| Example | "She graduated in 1990" | |
| Caused by | graduate | confer an academic degree upon |
| Broader | receive, have | Get something |
| Spanish | graduarse, graduar | |
| Catalan | graduar | |
| Nouns | graduate | a person who has received a degree from a school (high school or college or university / university) |
| graduation | the successful completion of a program of study | |
| graduation | an academic exercise in which diplomas are conferred | |
| Meaning | confer an academic degree upon. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody | |
| Example | "This school graduates 2,000 students each year" | |
| Cause to | graduate | Receive an academic degree upon completion of one's studies |
| Broader | confer, bestow | Present |
| Spanish | graduar, licenciar | |
| Catalan | graduar, llicenciar | |
| Nouns | graduate | a person who has received a degree from a school (high school or college or university / university) |
| graduation | the successful completion of a program of study | |
| graduation | an academic exercise in which diplomas are conferred | |
| Meaning | make fine adjustments or divide into marked intervals for optimal measuring. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Example | "graduate a cylinder" | |
| Synonyms | calibrate, fine-tune | |
| Broader | adjust, set, correct | alter or regulate so as to achieve accuracy or conform to a standard |
| Spanish | afinar, calibrar | |
| Catalan | afinar, calibrar | |
| Nouns | graduate | a measuring instrument for measuring fluid volume |
| graduation | a line (as on a vessel or ruler) that marks a measurement | |
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