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English

Pronunciation


Noun

  1. The action or process of graduate|graduating and receiving a diploma for completing a course of study (such as from an educational institution).
  2. A commencement ceremony.
  3. A marking (i.e. on a container) indicating a measurement.


Translations

  • Italian: {{t-|it|graduazione|f}}
  • Japanese: 卒業 (sotsugyō)
  • Italian: {{t-|it|graduazione|f}}
  • Italian: {{t-|it|graduazione|f}}

fr:graduation ko:graduation io:graduation lo:graduation ja:graduation ru:graduation ta:graduation te:graduation vi:graduation tr:graduation zh:graduation

GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Graduation \Grad"u*a"tion\, n. [LL. graduatio promotion to a
degree: cf. F. graduation division into degrees.]
[1913 Webster]
1. The act of graduating, or the state of being graduated;
as, graduation of a scale; graduation at a college;
graduation in color; graduation by evaporation; the
graduation of a bird's tail, etc.
[1913 Webster]

2. The marks on an instrument or vessel to indicate degrees
or quantity; a scale.
[1913 Webster]

3. The exposure of a liquid in large surfaces to the air, so
as to hasten its evaporation.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet graduation
n 1: the successful completion of a program of study
2: an academic exercise in which diplomas are conferred [syn: commencement,
commencement exercise, commencement ceremony, {graduation
exercise}]
3: a line (as on a vessel or ruler) that marks a measurement;
"the ruler had 16 graduations per inch"
4: the act of arranging in grades [syn: gradation]
Moby Dictionary
advance , advancement , aggrandizement , baccalaureate service , boost ,
celebration , ceremonial , ceremony , commencement , convocation ,
elevation , empty formality , ennoblement , exaltation , exercise ,
exercises , formal , formality , function , gradation , grading ,
graduation exercises , inaugural , inauguration , initiation ,
knighting , liturgy , mummery , observance , office , passing ,
pay raise , performance , preferment , promotion , raise ,
religious ceremony , rise , rite , rite de passage , rite of passage ,
ritual , service , shading , solemnity , solemnization , upgrading ,
upping


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