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graduate
noun
1 graduate
A person who has received a degree from a school (high school or college or university).
synonyms: alum, alumna, alumnus, grad.
Roget 492:
scholar,
connoisseur,
savant,
pundit,
schoolman†,
professor,
graduate,
wrangler;
academician,
academist†;
master of arts,
doctor,
licentitate,
gownsman;
philosopher,
master of math;
scientist,
clerk;
sophist,
sophister†;
linguist;
glossolinguist,
philologist;
philologer†;
lexicographer,
glossographer;
grammarian;
litterateur [Fr.],
literati,
dilettanti,
illuminati,
cogniscenti [It];
fellow,
Hebraist,
lexicologist,
mullah,
munshi†,
Sanskritish;
sinologist,
sinologue†;
Mezzofanti†,
admirable Crichton,
Mecaenas.
bookworm,
helluo librorum [Lat.];
bibliophile,
bibliomaniac†;
bluestocking,
bas-bleu [Fr.];
bigwig,
learned Theban,
don;
Artium Baccalaureus [Lat.],
Artium Magister [Lat.].
learned man,
literary man;
homo multarum literarum [Lat.];
man of learning,
man of letters,
man of education,
man of genius.
antiquarian,
antiquary;
archaeologist.
sage
etc.
(wise man)
500.
pedant,
doctrinaire;
pedagogue,
Dr.
Pangloss;
pantologist†,
criminologist.
schoolboy
etc.
(learner)
541.
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Dutch: oud-leerling, afgestudeerde, abituriënt
Polish: absolwent, wychowanek
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.
Roget 23:
be accordant
etc.
adj.;
agree,
accord,
harmonize;
correspond,
tally,
respond;
meet,
suit,
fit,
befit,
do,
adapt itself to;
fall in with,
chime in with,
square with,
quadrate with,
consort with,
comport with;
dovetail,
assimilate;
fit like a glove,
fit to a tittle,
fit to a T;
match
etc.
17;
become one;
homologate†.
consent
etc.
(assent)
488.
render accordant
etc.
adj.;
fit,
suit,
adapt,
accommodate;
graduate;
adjust
etc.
(render equal)
27;
dress,
regulate,
readjust;
accord,
harmonize,
reconcile;
fadge†,
dovetail,
square.
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Roget 60:
reduce to order,
bring into order;
introduce order into;
rally.
arrange,
dispose,
place,
form;
put in order,
set in order,
place in order;
set out,
collocate,
pack,
marshal,
range,
size,
rank,
group,
parcel out,
allot,
distribute,
deal;
cast the parts,
assign the parts;
dispose of,
assign places to;
assort,
sort;
sift,
riddle;
put to rights,
set to rights,
put into shape,
put in trim,
put in array;
apportion.
class,
classify;
divide;
file,
string together,
thread;
register
etc.
(record)
551;
catalogue,
tabulate,
index,
graduate,
digest,
grade.
methodize,
regulate,
systematize,
coordinate,
organize,
settle,
fix.
unravel,
disentangle,
ravel,
card;
disembroil†;
feaze†.
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Roget 69:
follow in a series,
form a series
etc.
n.;
fall in.
arrange in a series,
collate
etc.
n.;
string together,
file,
thread,
graduate,
organize,
sort,
tabulate.
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Roget 466:
measure,
mete;
determine,
assay;
evaluate,
value,
assess,
rate,
appraise,
estimate,
form an estimate,
set a value on;
appreciate;
standardize.
span,
pace step;
apply the compass
etc.
n.;
gauge,
plumb,
probe,
sound,
fathom;
heave the log,
heave the lead;
survey.
weigh.
take an average
etc.
29;
graduate.
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Roget 539:
learn;
acquire knowledge,
gain knowledge,
receive knowledge,
take in knowledge,
drink in knowledge,
imbibe knowledge,
pick up knowledge,
gather knowledge,
get knowledge,
obtain knowledge,
collect knowledge,
glean knowledge,
glean information,
glean learning.
acquaint oneself with,
master;
make oneself master of,
make oneself acquainted with;
grind,
cram;
get up,
coach up;
learn by heart,
learn by rote.
read,
spell,
peruse;
con over,
pore over,
thumb over;
wade through;
dip into;
run the eye over,
run the eye through;
turn over the leaves.
study;
be studious
etc.
adj..
[study intensely]
burn the midnight oil,
consume the midnight oil,
mind one's book;
cram.
go to school,
go to college,
go to the university;
matriculate;
serve an apprenticeship,
serve one's apprenticeship,
serve one's time;
learn one's trade;
be informed
etc.
527;
be taught
etc.
537.
[stop going to school voluntarily (intransitive)]
drop out,
leave school,
quit school;
graduate;
transfer;
take a leave.
[cause to stop going to school (transitive)]
dismiss,
expel,
kick out of school.
[stop going to school involuntarily]
flunk out;
be dismissed
etc.
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2 graduate
Confer an academic degree upon.
Dutch: afstuderen, gradueren
3 graduate
Make fine adjustments or divide into marked intervals for optimal measuring:
— Graduate a cylinder.
synonyms: calibrate, fine-tune.
Dutch: adjusteren, ijken
adjective
1 graduate
Of or relating to studies beyond a bachelor's degree:
— Graduate courses.
synonym: postgraduate.
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