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Adjective graduate has 1 sense

graduate, postgraduate - of or relating to studies beyond a bachelor's degree; "graduate courses"
Antonym: low (indirect, via high)

Noun graduate has 2 senses

alumnus, alumna, alum, graduate, grad - a person who has received a degree from a school (high school or college or university)
--₁ is a kind of scholar, scholarly person, student
--₁ has particulars: Ivy Leaguer; old boy
Derived forms: verb graduate₂, verb graduate₁
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
--₂ is a kind of measuring instrument, measuring system, measuring device
--₂ has particulars: graduated cylinder
Derived form: verb graduate₃

Verb graduate has 3 senses

graduate - receive an academic degree upon completion of one's studies; "She graduated in 1990"
--₁ is one way to receive, have

Derived forms: noun graduation₂, noun graduation₁, noun graduate₁
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s
graduate - confer an academic degree upon; "This school graduates 2,000 students each year"
--₂ is one way to confer, bestow

Derived forms: noun graduation₂, noun graduation₁, noun graduate₁
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s somebody
calibrate, graduate, fine-tune - make fine adjustments or divide into marked intervals for optimal measuring; "calibrate an instrument"; "graduate a cylinder"
--₃ is one way to adjust, set, correct

Derived forms: noun graduation₃, noun graduate₂
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something