Definitions
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- Specifically, in ornithology, having the tail moderately pointed, the tail-feathers regularly decreasing in length from the center pair outward.
Wiktionary
- v. Simple past tense and past participle of graduate.
- adj. obsolete In steps.
- adj. Having a university degree; having completed training.
- adj. Marked with graduations.
- adj. Arranged by grade, level, degree.
- adj. taxation Increasing in rate with the taxable base.
- adj. ornithology Of a tail, having successively longer feathers towards the middle.
GNU Webster's 1913
- adj. Marked with, or divided into, degrees; divided into grades.
- adj. (Zoöl.) Tapered; -- said of a bird's tail when the outer feathers are shortest, and the others successively longer.
- adj. Having visible marks and numbers at vertical intervals, permitting one to estimate the quantitity of material contained; -- of vessels, most commonly those used in laboratories for containing liquids. See graduated cylinder, etc., below.
WordNet 3.0
- adj. marked with or divided into degrees
- adj. taking place by degrees
Examples
“Putin graduated from the International Law branch of the Law Department of the Leningrad State University in 1975, writing his final thesis on international law”
“Counterpoint: Sen. McCain graduated from the US Naval Academy in 1958 and embarked upon a career in the US Navy.”
“Mr. Kergin graduated from the University of Toronto in 1965 with an Honours Bachelor of Arts degree in History and Languages and in 1967, received a Masters in Arts (Economics) from Magdalen College at Oxford University.”
Canada-U.S. Relations: A Midterm Report (Lessons My Poli Sci Prof Never Taught Me)
“Others think that justice dictates what they term graduated taxation; taking a higher percentage from those who have more to spare.”
“The term graduated response should be replaced with a more accurate term”
“And as a result, the only thing I have -- the only option I have been given is to go on what they call a graduated repayment plan, where I pay interest only for four years.”
“The term graduated response should be replaced with a more accurate term 'digital guillotine,' reflecting its killing of a critical way people connect with the world and in some cases, eliminating their ability to make a living.”
“For example, I had an employee who graduated from the university and also had a certificate in English.”
“I recently graduated from a large university in Boston, MA and I just wanted to share with you my experience of racism there and ask for your advice.”
The Huffington Post: Russell Bishop: Can Comedians Really Lead Us to Sanity and Civility?
“This popular form of self-expression and empowerment has graduated from the low-riding "tramp stamp," to paragraphs visible on the arm or leg.”
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