[ˈɡradʒʊət], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a person who has successfully completed a course of study or training, especially a person who has been awarded an undergraduate or first academic degree

- a graduated cup, tube, flask, or measuring glass, used especially by chemists and pharmacists


Phrases:

Origin:
late Middle English: from medieval Latin graduat- ‘graduated’, from graduare ‘take a degree’, from Latin gradus ‘degree, step’

[ˈɡradʒʊeɪt], (Verb)

Definitions:
- successfully complete an academic degree, course of training, or (in North America) high school
(e.g: he graduated from Glasgow University in 1990)

- arrange in a series or according to a scale
(e.g: the stones were graduated in height from the lowest near the entrance to the tallest opposite)

- change (something, typically colour or shade) gradually or step by step
(e.g: the colour is graduated from the middle of the frame to the top)


Phrases:

Origin:
late Middle English: from medieval Latin graduat- ‘graduated’, from graduare ‘take a degree’, from Latin gradus ‘degree, step’