graduate

If you graduate you get a degree or diploma from a school or university.

Example: Tom graduated from Yale University in 2006.

If you graduate, you change to a new level of skill or activity.

Example: After learning to do front flips, Sally graduated to learning back flips.

To arrange or divide into categories or groups

To divide into intervals, especially for use in measurement

A graduate is someone who has graduated (usually from a school or university).

Example: Tom is a graduate of Yale University.