| Noun | 1. | graduate - a person who has received a degree from a school (high school or college or university)Ivy Leaguer - a student or graduate at an Ivy League school old boy - a male ex-pupil of a school scholar, scholarly person, student - a learned person (especially in the humanities); someone who by long study has gained mastery in one or more disciplines | |
| 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"receive, have - get something; come into possession of; "receive payment"; "receive a gift"; "receive letters from the front" | |
| 2. | graduate - confer an academic degree upon; "This school graduates 2,000 students each year"bestow, confer - present; "The university conferred a degree on its most famous former student, who never graduated"; "bestow an honor on someone" | |
| 3. | graduate - make fine adjustments or divide into marked intervals for optimal measuring; "calibrate an instrument"; "graduate a cylinder"adjust, correct, set - alter or regulate so as to achieve accuracy or conform to a standard; "Adjust the clock, please"; "correct the alignment of the front wheels" | |
| Adj. | 1. | graduate - of or relating to studies beyond a bachelor's degree; "graduate courses"high - greater than normal in degree or intensity or amount; "a high temperature"; "a high price"; "the high point of his career"; "high risks"; "has high hopes"; "the river is high"; "he has a high opinion of himself" | |