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graduates
 
Noun graduate has 2 senses
  1. alumnus, alumna, alum, graduate, grad - a person who has received a degree from a school (high school or college or university)
    --1 is a kind of scholar, scholarly person, student
    --1 has particulars: Ivy Leaguer; old boy
    Derived forms: verb graduate2, verb graduate1
  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
    --2 is a kind of     measuring instrument, measuring system, measuring device
    --2 has particulars: graduated cylinder
    Derived form: verb graduate3
Verb graduate has 3 senses
  1. 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
  2. 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
  3. 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
graduate certificate graduate degree graduate nurse graduate school graduate student graduated graduated cylinder graduated table graduates graduating- graduating graduating class graduation graduation cap graduation exercise graduaton graduatty

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