graduated

[Grad·u*a·ted]

When something is graduated, it goes step by step or by degrees, such as a graduated income tax that has different tax rates for different levels of income.

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Marked with, or divided into, degrees; divided into grades.

Adjective S.
slowly and smoothly

Adjective S.
increasing as the amount taxed increases

Adjective S.
decreasing as the amount taxed increases

Adjective
marked with or divided into degrees; "a calibrated thermometer"


imp. & p. p.
of Graduate

a.
Marked with, or divided into, degrees; divided into grades.

a.
Tapered; -- said of a bird's tail when the outer feathers are shortest, and the others successively longer.


Graduated

Grad"u*a"ted , a. 1. Marked with, or divided into, degrees; divided into grades. 2. (Zo'94l.) Tapered; -- said of a bird's tail when the outer feathers are shortest, and the others successively longer. Graduated tube, bottle, cap, ∨ glass, a vessel, usually of glass, having horizontal marks upon its sides, with figures, to indicate the amount of the contents at the several levels. -- Graduated spring (Railroads), a combination of metallic and rubber springs.

Marked with, or divided into, degrees; divided into grades.

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Usage Examples

I auditioned for 'Girls' the fall after I graduated from Yale. The show has been amazing - as close to perfect as it gets!

I was going to be an architect. I graduated with a degree in architecture and I had a scholarship to go back to Princeton and get my Masters in architecture. I'd done theatricals in college, but I'd done them because it was fun.

By the fourth grade, I graduated to an erector set and spent many happy hours constructing devices of unknown purpose where the main design criterion was to maximize the number of moving parts and overall size.

Freedom Summer, the massive voter education project in Mississippi, was 1964. I graduated from high school in 1965. So becoming active was almost a rite of passage.

I graduated from the University of Michigan with a BA in Communications and left formal education behind.

But it wasn't until I graduated from Texas A & M University and joined the United States Air Force, flying C-130's all around the globe, that I truly appreciated the blessings of freedom.

I learned law so well, the day I graduated I sued the college, won the case, and got my tuition back.

I always wanted to have my own album released before I graduated from high school.

I graduated a the top of my class in the '84 Olympic Games I won a gold medal.

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Other Usage Examples

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.

I have no problems with private schools. I graduated from one and so did my mother. Private schools are useful and we often use public funds to pay for their infrastructures and other common needs.

I went to military college in Canada and graduated as an officer in the Navy but also as an engineer.

I remember the first pangs of stress arriving at the end of school. Once I graduated I had to get a full-time job, worry about health insurance, saving money, paying rent - things I'd never thought about before.

I graduated from the University of Delaware with a double major in history and political science.

I founded a launch company called International Microspace when I graduated medical school in 1989. We were trying to build a microsatellite launcher.

I don't know why people question the academic training of an athlete. Fifty percent of the doctors in this country graduated in the bottom half of their classes.

I had a lot of success from the start. I never really was tested for long periods of time. I got my first professional job while I was a senior in college. I signed with the William Morris Agency before I graduated.

A man who graduated high in his class at Yale Law School and made partnership in a top law firm would be celebrated. A man who invested wisely would be admired, but a woman who accomplishes this is treated with suspicion.

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