Graduating

verb

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

   "Trisha graduated college."

3. To certify (a student) as having earned a degree

   "Indiana University graduated the student."

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. To change gradually.

   "sandstone which graduates into gneiss; carnelian sometimes graduates into quartz"