graduation (redirected from Commencement exercises)

grad·u·a·tion  (grj-shn)

n.

1.

a. Conferral or receipt of an academic degree or diploma marking completion of studies.

b. A ceremony at which degrees or diplomas are conferred; a commencement.

2.

a. A division or interval on a graduated scale.

b. A mark indicating the boundary of such an interval.

3. An arrangement in or a division into stages or degrees.

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graduation [ˌgrædjʊˈeɪʃən]

n

1. the act of graduating or the state of being graduated

2. (Social Science / Education) the ceremony at which school or college degrees and diplomas are conferred

3. a mark or division or all the marks or divisions that indicate measure on an instrument or vessel

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	graduation - the successful completion of a program of study mop up, windup, completion, culmination, closing - a concluding action
	2.	graduation - an academic exercise in which diplomas are conferred commencement ceremony, commencement exercise, graduation exercise, commencement baccalaureate - a farewell sermon to a graduating class at their commencement ceremonies exercise - (usually plural) a ceremony that involves processions and speeches; "academic exercises"
	3.	graduation - a line (as on a vessel or ruler) that marks a measurement; "the ruler had 16 graduations per inch" line - a mark that is long relative to its width; "He drew a line on the chart"
	4.	graduation - the act of arranging in grades gradation quantification - the act of discovering or expressing the quantity of something blending, shading - a gradation involving small or imperceptible differences between grades

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graduation

noun calibration, marking, grade, gauge medicine bottles with graduations on them

Translations

graduation [ˌgrædjʊˈeɪʃən] N (= ceremony) (Univ etc) → entrega f del título universitario (US) (Scol) → entrega f del título de bachiller

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graduation [ˌgrædʒuˈeɪʃ^ən] n

(= university ceremony) → cérémonie f de remise des diplômes

(obtaining one's degree)
after graduation, I → après avoir obtenu mon diplôme, je ...

(US) (= high school ceremony) → cérémonie f de remise des diplômes
graduation ceremony n (from university) → cérémonie f de remise des diplômes
graduation day n (from university) → jour m de la remise des diplômes

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graduation

n

(= mark) → (Maß)einteilung f

(Univ, US Sch: = ceremony) → (Ab)schlussfeier f (mit feierlicher Überreichung der Zeugnisse); his graduation was delayed by illness → wegen Krankheit wurde ihm sein Zeugnis erst später überreicht

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graduation [ˌgrædjʊˈeɪʃ/ən] n (Univ) (ceremony) → consegna delle lauree (Am) (Scol) → consegna dei diplomi

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graduation → تخرج promoce dimission Abschlussfeier αποφόιτηση graduación valmistuminen remise des diplômes diploma cerimonia di laurea 大学卒業 졸업 diploma-uitreiking avgangseksamen ukończenie szkoły graduação окончание учебного заведения akademisk examen พิธีมอบปริญญา mezuniyet sự tốt nghiệp 毕业