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Meaning of graduated in English

Table of contents
  1. Pronunciation
  2. Classifying Adjective
    1. Definitions
  3. Qualitative Adjective
    1. Definitions
  1. Pronunciation

    /ˈɡrædʒuˌeɪdəd/

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  1. Classifying Adjective

    graduated

    Definitions

    1. increasing as the amount taxed increases

    Synonyms

    • progressive
  2. 2. decreasing as the amount taxed increases

    Synonyms

    • regressive
  3. 3. slowly and smoothly

    Synonyms

    • gradual
  4. Qualitative Adjective

    graduated

    Definitions

    1. marked with or divided into degrees

    Examples

    • « a calibrated thermometer »

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  • « I took three years off. I differentiated myself from the industry. Found my identity - sort of... I haven't graduated yet. I'm not legitimately educated yet, but maybe one day. »
    Claire Danes
  • « I always wanted to have my own album released before I graduated from high school. »
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  • « We had times in '66 and '67 when we would pick up a platoon of privates out of the receiving barracks the week before we even graduated the platoon that we were on! »
    R. Lee Ermey
  • « In the summer we graduated we flipped out completely, drinking beer, cruising in our cars and beating up each other. It was a crazy summer. That's when I started to be interested in girls. »
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  • « My parents did a great job raising me and my two sisters. We all graduated from high school and we all graduated from college. So, to be a good representative of my family is probably my greatest accomplishment thus far. »
    Robert Griffin III

Participle of verb

  • calibrate
  • calibrate

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