Graduate Definition–noun | 1. | a person who has received a degree or diploma on completing a course of study, as in a university, college, or school. | | 2. | a student who holds the bachelor's or the first professional degree and is studying for an advanced degree. | | 3. | a cylindrical or tapering graduated container, used for measuring. | –adjective | 4. | of, pertaining to, or involved in academic study beyond the first or bachelor's degree: graduate courses in business; a graduate student. | | 5. | having an academic degree or diploma: a graduate engineer. | –verb (used without object) | 6. | to receive a degree or diploma on completing a course of study (often fol. by from): She graduated from college in 1985. | | 7. | to pass by degrees; change gradually. | –verb (used with object) | 8. | to confer a degree upon, or to grant a diploma to, at the close of a course of study, as in a university, college, or school: Cornell graduated eighty students with honors. | | 9. | Informal. to receive a degree or diploma from: She graduated college in 1950. | | 10. | to arrange in grades or gradations; establish gradation in. | | 11. | to divide into or mark with degrees or other divisions, as the scale of a thermometer. | |
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Distance Definition–noun | 1. | the extent or amount of space between two things, points, lines, etc. | | 2. | the state or fact of being apart in space, as of one thing from another; remoteness. | | 3. | a linear extent of space: Seven miles is a distance too great to walk in an hour. | | 4. | an expanse; area: A vast distance of water surrounded the ship. | | 5. | the interval between two points of time; an extent of time: His vacation period was a good distance away. | | 6. | remoteness or difference in any respect: Our philosophies are a long distance apart. | | 7. | an amount of progress: We've come a long distance on the project. | | 8. | a dis
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tant point, place, or region. | | 9. | the distant part of a field of view: a tree in the distance. | | 10. | absence of warmth; reserve: Their first meeting in several years was hampered by a certain distance between them. | | 13. | Horse Racing. (in a heat race) the space measured back from the winning post that a horse must reach by the time the winner passes the winning post or be eliminated from subsequent heats. | | 14. | Mathematics. the greatest lower bound of differences between points, one from each of two given sets. | | 15. | Obsolete. disagreement or dissension; a quarrel. | –verb (used with object) | 16. | to leave behind at a distance, as at a race; surpass. | | 17. | to place at a distance. | | 18. | to cause to appear distant. | —Idioms | 19. | go the distance, | a. | (in horse racing) to be able to run well in a long race. | | b. | Informal. to finish or complete something, esp. something difficult, challenging, or requiring sustained effort. | | | 20. | keep at a distance, to treat coldly or in an unfriendly manner. | | 21. | keep one's distance, to avoid becoming familiar or involved; remain cool or aloof. | |
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Learning Definition–noun | 1. | knowledge acquired by systematic study in any field of scholarly application. | | 2. | the act or process of acquiring knowledge or skill. | | 3. | Psychology. the modification of behavior through practice, training, or experience. | |
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Program Definition–noun | 1. | a plan of action to accomplish a specified end: a school lunch program. | | 2. | a plan or schedule of activities, procedures, etc., to be followed. | | 3. | a radio or television performance or production. | | 4. | a list of items, pieces, performers, etc., in a musical, theatrical, or other entertainment. | | 5. | an entertainment with reference to its pieces or numbers: a program of American and French music. | | 6. | a planned, coordinated group of activities, procedures, etc., often for a specifi
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c purpose, or a facility offering such a series of activities: a drug rehabilitation program; a graduate program in linguistics. | | 7. | a prospectus or syllabus: a program of courses being offered. | | 8. | Computers. | a. | a systematic plan for the automatic solution of a problem by a computer. | | b. | the precise sequence of instructions enabling a computer to solve a problem. | | –verb (used with object) | 9. | to schedule as part of a program. | | 10. | Computers. to prepare a program for. | | 11. | to insert or encode specific operating instructions into (a machine or apparatus): We'll program the bells to ring at ten-minute intervals. | | 12. | to insert (instructions) into a machine or apparatus: An automatic release has been programmed into the lock as a safety feature. | | 13. | to cause to absorb or incorporate automatic responses, attitudes, or the like; condition: Our parents programmed us to respect our elders. | | 14. | to set, regulate, or modify so as to produce a specific response or reaction: Program your eating habits to eliminate sweets. | –verb (used without object) | 15. | to plan or write a program. | |
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