Graduated

adj, verb

adj, verb ·4 syllables ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    simple past and past participle of graduate form-of, participle, past
Adjective
  1. 1
    Having a university degree; having completed training. not-comparable
  2. 2
    Marked with graduations. not-comparable
  3. 3
    Arranged by grade, level, or degree. not-comparable

    "The graduated slope of the Upper Test Valley on the east, and its more abrupt embankment on the west, under which the present stream tends to cling, point clearly to river action."

  4. 4
    Increasing in rate with the taxable base. not-comparable
  5. 5
    Of a tail, having successively longer feathers towards the middle. not-comparable
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  1. 6
    In steps. not-comparable, obsolete
Adjective
  1. 1
    taking place by degrees wordnet
  2. 2
    marked with or divided into degrees wordnet

Synonyms

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calibratecalibratedcalibrateddecreasedifferentiategradational

Example

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"As soon as he graduated, he went to work in his father's general store."

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