Definitions for graduated

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graduated grad·u·at·ed

Spelling: [graj-oo-ey-tid]

IPA: /ˈgrædʒ uˌeɪ tɪd/

Graduated is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 12 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 14 points.

You can make 277 anagrams from letters in graduated (aaddegrtu).

Definitions for graduated

noun

1. a person who has received a degree or diploma on completing a course of study, as in a university, college, or school.
2. a student who holds the bachelor's or the first professional degree and is studying for an advanced degree.
3. a graduated cylinder, used for measuring.

adjective

1. characterized by or arranged in degrees, especially successively, as according to height, depth, or difficulty:
2. marked with divisions or units of measurement.
3. (of a bird's tail) having the longest feathers in the center, the others being successively shorter.
4. (of a tax) increasing along with the taxable base:
5. of, relating to, or involved in academic study beyond the first or bachelor's degree:
6. having an academic degree or diploma:

verb (used with object)

1. to confer a degree upon, or to grant a diploma to, at the close of a course of study, as in a university, college, or school:
2. Informal. to receive a degree or diploma from:
3. to arrange in grades or gradations; establish gradation in.
4. to divide into or mark with degrees or other divisions, as the scale of a thermometer.

verb (used without object)

1. to receive a degree or diploma on completing a course of study (often followed by from):
2. to pass by degrees; change gradually.

Origin of graduated

First recorded in 1645-55; graduate + -ed²

Examples for graduated

I had graduated NYU just a few years earlier and begun a career in publishing, but the addiction got the best of me.

He graduated at Yale college, and was subsequently a tutor in that institution.

Trotter graduated magna cum laude from Harvard and became the first black man named to Phi Beta Kappa.

He returned the following year and was graduated with the class of 1842.

She had, in fact, graduated from a girls' school of considerable repute.

I say, you chaps, Duncan and I haven't met for years—not since he graduated.

Dean Todd remained my friend until I graduated in 1988, with my degree in English literature.

In 1845 he graduated as second wrangler, but won the Smith prize.

After he graduated high school, Stasio enrolled at the University at Buffalo and entered the ROTC program.

She graduated from her undergraduate program magna cum laude.