graduate.html - adj. & n.
--adj.

1 taking place or progressing slowly or by degrees.
2 not rapid or steep or abrupt.

--n.

Eccl.
1 a response sung or recited between the Epistle and Gospel in the Mass.
2 a book of music for the sung Mass service.

gradually adv. gradualness n. [med.L gradualis, -ale f. L gradus step, the noun referring to the altar-steps on which the response is sung]

graduate.html - n.
a policy of gradual reform rather than sudden change or revolution.

gradualist n. gradualistic adj.

graduate.html - n.
Brit. a person about to receive an academic degree. [med.L graduandus gerundive of graduare GRADUATE]

graduate.html - n. & v.
--n.

1 a person who has been awarded an academic degree (also attrib.: graduate student).
2 US a person who has completed a school course.

--v.

1 a intr. take an academic degree. b tr. US admit to an academic degree or a certificate of completion of School Studies.
2 intr. a (foll. by from) be a graduate of a specified university. b (foll. by in) be a graduate in a specified subject.
3 tr. US send out as a graduate from a university etc.
4 intr. a (foll. by to) move up to (a higher grade of activity etc.). b (foll. by as, in) gain specified qualifications.
5 tr. mark out in degrees or parts.
6 tr. arrange in gradations; apportion (e.g. tax) according to a scale.
7 intr. (foll. by into, away) pass by degrees.

graduated pension (in the UK) a system of pension contributions by employees in proportion to their wages or salary. graduate school a department of a university for advanced work by graduates.

graduator n. [med.L graduari take a degree f. L gradus step]

graduate.html - n.
1 the act or an instance of graduating or being graduated.
2 a ceremony at which degrees are conferred.
3 each or all of the marks on a vessel or instrument indicating degrees of quantity etc.

graduate.html - adj. & n.
--adj.

1 taking place or progressing slowly or by degrees.
2 not rapid or steep or abrupt.

--n.

Eccl.
1 a response sung or recited between the Epistle and Gospel in the Mass.
2 a book of music for the sung Mass service.

gradually adv. gradualness n. [med.L gradualis, -ale f. L gradus step, the noun referring to the altar-steps on which the response is sung]