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Word: Graduate
Speech Type: Noun
late Middle English: from medieval Latin graduat- ‘graduated’, from graduare ‘take a degree’, from Latin gradus ‘degree, step’
ˈɡradʒʊət
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.
Short Definition:person with undergraduate or first academic degree
a graduated cup, tube, flask, or measuring glass, used especially by chemists and pharmacists.
Short Definition:graduated cup, tube, flask, or measuring glass
Word: Graduate
Speech Type: Verb
ˈɡradʒʊeɪt
successfully complete an academic degree, course of training, or (in North America) high school
Short Definition:successfully complete academic degree
Examples:- he graduated from Glasgow University in 1990
- he graduated in the summer with a 2:2 degree
arrange in a series or according to a scale
Short Definition:arrange in series or according to scale
Examples:- the stones were graduated in height from the lowest near the entrance to the tallest opposite
change (something, typically colour or shade) gradually or step by step
Short Definition:change something gradually
Examples:- the colour is graduated from the middle of the frame to the top
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