To be recognized by a school or university as having completed the requirements of a degree studied at the institution.
To be certified as having earned a degree from; to graduate from (an institution).
To certify (a student) as having earned a degree
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.
To change gradually.
To prepare gradually; to arrange, temper, or modify by degrees or to a certain degree; to determine the degrees of.
To bring to a certain degree of consistency, by evaporation, as a fluid.
To taper, as the tail of certain birds.
Of an idol: to exit a group; or of a virtual YouTuber, to leave a management agency; usually accompanied with "graduation ceremony" send-offs, increased focus on the leaving member, and the like.