1. (

• graduate

) receive an academic degree upon completion of one's studies; "She graduated in 1990" ;

2. (

• graduate ,

) confer an academic degree upon; "This school graduates 2,000 students each year" ;

3. (

• calibrate ,
• graduate ,
• fine-tune ,

) make fine adjustments or divide into marked intervals for optimal measuring; "calibrate an instrument"; "graduate a cylinder" ;

1. (

• calibrated ,
• graduated

) marked with or divided into degrees; "a calibrated thermometer" ;

2. (

• gradational ,
• gradatory ,
• graduated

) taking place by degrees ;