graduate
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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- substance, domain or see-also
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
a person who has received a degree from a school (high school or college or university)
Types & categories
- scholar hypernym
- Ivy Leaguer hyponym
- old boy hyponym
Related & opposite
Sense 2 verb
receive an academic degree upon completion of one's studies
She graduated in 1990
Types & categories
- receive hypernym
Related & opposite
- graduation derivation
- commencement exercise derivation
- graduate derivation
Sense 3 noun
a measuring instrument for measuring fluid volume; a glass container (cup or cylinder or flask) whose sides are marked with or divided into amounts
Types & categories
- measuring instrument hypernym
- graduated cylinder hyponym
Related & opposite
- calibrate derivation
Sense 4 verb
confer an academic degree upon
This school graduates 2,000 students each year
Types & categories
- bestow hypernym
Related & opposite
- graduate causes
- graduation derivation
- commencement exercise derivation
- graduate derivation
Sense 5 verb
make fine adjustments or divide into marked intervals for optimal measuring
calibrate an instrument
Types & categories
- adjust hypernym
Related & opposite
- calibration derivation
- graduate derivation
- graduation derivation
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| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | graduate |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | graduate |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | scholar |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | Ivy Leaguer |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | old boy |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | graduation |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | commencement exercise |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | graduate |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | receive |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | calibrate |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | measuring instrument |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | graduated cylinder |
| 4 | causes | Related & opposite | graduate |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | graduation |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | commencement exercise |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | graduate |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | bestow |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | calibration |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | graduate |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | graduation |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | adjust |