graduating

verb

1. 1

   To be recognized by a school or university as having completed the requirements of a degree studied at the institution.

   “The man graduated in 1967.”

2. 2

   To be certified as having earned a degree from; to graduate from (an institution).

   “Trisha graduated college.”

3. 3

   To certify (a student) as having earned a degree

   “Indiana University graduated the student.”

4. 4

   To mark (something) with degrees; to divide into regular steps or intervals, as the scale of a thermometer, a scheme of punishment or rewards, etc.

5. 5

   To change gradually.

   “sandstone which graduates into gneiss; carnelian sometimes graduates into quartz”

6. 6

   To prepare gradually; to arrange, temper, or modify by degrees or to a certain degree; to determine the degrees of.

   “to graduate the heat of an oven”

7. 7

   To bring to a certain degree of consistency, by evaporation, as a fluid.

8. 8

   To taper, as the tail of certain birds.