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Adjective graduated has 4 senses

graduated, proportional - increasing as the amount taxed increases
Antonym: regressive (indirect, via progressive)
calibrated, graduated - marked with or divided into degrees; "a calibrated thermometer"
graduated - decreasing as the amount taxed increases
Antonym: progressive (indirect, via regressive)
gradational, gradatory, graduated - slowly and smoothly
Antonym: sudden (indirect, via gradual)

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