valedictory (redirected from valedictories)

val·e·dic·to·ry  (vl-dkt-r)

n. pl. val·e·dic·to·ries

A closing or farewell statement or address, especially one delivered at graduation exercises.

adj.

Of, relating to, or expressing a valedictory.

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valedictory [ˌvælɪˈdɪktərɪ -trɪ]

n pl -ries

1. a farewell address or speech

2. (Social Science / Education) US and Canadian a farewell speech delivered at a graduation ceremony, usually by the most outstanding graduate

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	valedictory - a farewell oration (especially one delivered during graduation exercises by an outstanding member of a graduating class) valediction, valedictory address, valedictory oration oratory - addressing an audience formally (usually a long and rhetorical address and often pompous); "he loved the sound of his own oratory"
Adj.	1.	valedictory - of or relating to an occasion or expression of farewell; "a valedictory address"; "valedictory praise for his uniformly manly course"; "a suitable valedictory gesture"
	2.	valedictory - of a speech expressing leave-taking; "a valedictory address" exaugural - occurring at or marking the close of a term of office; "an exaugural message"

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valedictory

adjective farewell, leaving, parting, last, final, going away, departing making his valedictory address after two years as chairman

Translations

valedictory [ˌvælɪˈdɪktərɪ]

A. ADJ [address] → de despedida

B. N (US) → oración f de despedida

valedictory [ˌvælɪˈdɪktəri] adj [speech, letter, performance] → d'adieu

valedictory

adj (form) → Abschieds-; valedictory speech → Abschiedsrede f

n (US Sch) = valediction b

valedictory [ˌvælɪˈdɪktərɪ] adj (frm) → di commiato