graduated
Americanadjective
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characterized by or arranged in degrees, especially successively, as according to height, depth, or difficulty.
a graduated series of lessons.
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marked with divisions or units of measurement.
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(of a bird's tail) having the longest feathers in the center, the others being successively shorter.
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(of a tax) increasing along with the taxable base.
a graduated income tax.
Other Word Forms
- nongraduated adjective
- overgraduated adjective
- ungraduated adjective
Etymology
Origin of graduated
Example Sentences
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It was in 1925 that a 21-year-old Ted Geisel graduated from Dartmouth College and first set his sights on the world-famous University of Oxford.
From BBC
She graduated with first class honors from Kenyatta University School of Law.
Raised in Pittsburgh, Greenberg graduated from Indiana University with a degree in marketing and advertising, and moved to New York the week the market crashed in 2008.
From Los Angeles Times
Anyone who has graduated from the “Law & Order” School of Jurisprudence will be wondering the same thing.
He graduated with a degree in history from Columbia University in 2009.
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