graduating Definition

graduate
verb graduated, graduating

intr
1. To receive an academic degree from a higher-education institution.

Form: be graduated (N Amer sometimes)
(N Amer)
intr
2. To receive a diploma at the end of a course of study at high school.
intr
3. To move up from a lower to a higher level, often in stages.
4. To mark (eg a thermometer) with units of measurement or other divisions.

Thesaurus: measure, calibrate, standardize.
5. To arrange something into regular groups, according to size, type, etc.

Thesaurus: rank, classify, grade, group, arrange, order, sort.

noun

1. Someone who has a higher-education degree or (N Amer) a high-school diploma.

Etymology: 15c: from Latin graduari, graduatus to take a degree, from gradus step.