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To be granted an academic degree or diploma: Two thirds of the entering freshmen stayed to graduate.
(verb-intransitive)
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To change gradually or by degrees.
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To advance to a new level of skill, achievement, or activity: After a summer of diving instruction, they had all graduated to back flips.
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To grant an academic degree or diploma to: The teachers hope to graduate her this spring.
(verb-transitive)
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Usage Problem To receive an academic degree from.
(verb-transitive)
American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.