graduated

1. 1
   verb

   Simple past and past participle of graduate. Use this form for finishing school in the past.

   She graduated from high school last spring.

   They graduated together and celebrated afterward.

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2. 2
   adjective

   Having finished a college degree or job training.

   A graduated nurse now leads the training program.

   Only graduated engineers can sign off on the plans.

   Similarqualified, certified, trained

3. 3
   adjective

   Marked with lines that show amounts or measurements.

   She poured the solution into a graduated beaker.

   The graduated ruler showed every millimeter clearly.

   Similarcalibrated, marked

4. 4
   adjective

   Arranged in order by level or amount, step by step.

   The course follows a graduated set of exercises.

   Doctors recommended a graduated return to running after the injury.

   Similargraded, stepped, progressive, incremental, tiered

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5. 5
   adjective

   Having a tax rate that rises as the amount being taxed gets bigger.

   Like a staircase where each step up costs a little more.

   Under a graduated tax, people who earn more pay a higher rate.

   The new law set up a graduated tax on large incomes.

   Similarprogressive

   Oppositeflat

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6. 6
   adjective

   Of a bird's tail, having feathers that grow longer toward the middle.

   The magpie's graduated tail ends in a long central point.

   Birdwatchers spotted the graduated tail of the soaring kite.

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