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graduated
| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | granted a degree |
| Synonyms: | accredited, certified, invested, ordained, passed, promoted |
| Main Entry: | graduate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | complete education, pursuit |
| Synonyms: | be commissioned, certify, confer degree, earn, finish, get a degree, get out, give sheepskin, grant diploma, take a degree, win |
| Main Entry: | graduate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | classify, grade |
| Synonyms: | arrange, calibrate, class, group, mark off, measure, measure out, order, proportion, range, rank, regulate, sort |
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| Main Entry: | progressive |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | liberal; growing |
| Synonyms: | accelerating, advanced, advancing, avant-garde*, bleeding-heart, broad, broad-minded, continuing, continuous, developing, dynamic, enlightened, enterprising, escalating, forward-looking, go-ahead, gradual, graduated, increasing, intensifying, left of center, left*, lenient, modern, ongoing, onward, open-minded, radical, reformist, revolutionary, tolerant, up-and-coming, up-to-date, wide |
| Antonyms: | conservative, moderate |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | measure |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | calculate, judge |
| Synonyms: | adapt, adjust, align, appraise, assess, average, beat, blend, bound, calibrate, caliper, check, check out, choose, compute, delimit, demarcate, determine, dope out, estimate, evaluate, even, eye*, figure, fit, gauge, gradate, grade, graduate, level, limit, line, look over, mark, mark out, mete, pace off, peg, plumb, portion, quantify, rank, rate, read, reckon, regulate, rhyme, rule, scale, shade, size, size up, sound, square, stroke, survey, tailor, take account, time, value, weigh |
| Antonyms: | estimate, guess |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | promote |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | give a higher position in organization |
| Synonyms: | advance, aggrandize, ascend, better, dignify, elevate, ennoble, exalt, favor, graduate, honor, increase, kick upstairs, magnify, move up, prefer, raise, skip, up*, upgrade |
| Antonyms: | degrade, demote, discredit |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | scale |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | measure |
| Synonyms: | adjust, balance, calibrate, compare, compute, estimate, gauge, graduate, proportion, prorate, regulate, size |
| Notes: | octave is the distance covered by any eight notes of a scale; a scale is a series of eight notes played in alphabetical order |
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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| Main Entry: | measure |
| Part of Speech: | noun, verb |
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Adjectives: |
comparative, geodetical, gradual, inch, measuring, metric, metrical, poisable, scalar, shading off, sidereal, unmeasured
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