Толковый словарь английского языка - graduate

I. noun Date: 15th century a holder of an academic degree or diploma, a ~d cup, cylinder, or flask, II. adjective Date: 15th century holding an academic degree or diploma, of, relating to, or engaged in studies beyond the first or bachelor's degree , III. verb (-ated; -ating) Etymology: Middle English, from Medieval Latin graduatus, past participle of graduare, from Latin gradus step, degree Date: 15th century transitive verb 1. to grant an academic degree or diploma to, to be ~d from, 2. to mark with degrees of measurement, to divide into grades or intervals, to admit to a particular standing or grade, intransitive verb to receive an academic degree or diploma, to pass from one stage of experience, proficiency, or prestige to a usually higher one, to change gradually, graduator noun Usage: In the 19th century the transitive sense (1a) was prescribed; the intransitive was condemned. The intransitive prevailed nonetheless, and today it is the sense likely to be prescribed and the newer transitive sense (1b) high school> the one condemned. All three are standard. The intransitive is currently the most common, the new transitive the least common.