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1. Marked with or divided into degrees
   - calibrated
    
2. Taking place by degrees
   - gradational, gradatory

1. Receive an academic degree upon completion of one's studies
   "She graduated in 1990"
    
2. Confer an academic degree upon
   "This school graduates 2,000 students each year"
    
3. Make fine adjustments or divide into marked intervals for optimal measuring
   "graduate a cylinder"
   - calibrate, fine-tune

See also: calibrate, gradual, graduation

Type of: adjust, bestow, confer, correct, have, receive, set

Encyclopedia: Graduate