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graduation

[ graj-oo-ey-shuhn ]

noun

  1. an act of graduating; the state of being graduated. graduated.
  2. the ceremony of conferring degrees or diplomas, as at a college or school.
  3. arrangement in degrees, levels, or ranks.


graduation

/ ˌɡrædjʊˈeɪʃən /

noun

  1. the act of graduating or the state of being graduated
  2. 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
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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  • nongrad·u·ation noun
  • postgrad·u·ation adjective
  • pregrad·u·ation noun
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Word History and Origins

Origin of graduation1

1375–1425; late Middle English graduacion < Medieval Latin graduātiōn- (stem of graduātiō ). See graduate, -ion
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Example Sentences

Facebook says creating a profile requires only a college email address and graduation year— it’s up to you to add any other information.

I think you said 21 when you got your first show, even before you walked in your college graduation.

From Ozy

The day after graduation, he flew to Seattle and started in Amazon’s “Pathways” leadership development program.

From Fortune

She and Adamos started an online campaign for Sweetwater teachers to show their support to have the course become a graduation requirement at every school in the district.

We need kids to be able to see their perspective in history and that goes hand in hand with graduation rates.

The NYPD and his duties required him to miss the graduation on December 20.

On-time graduation (10%): Percentage of students who graduate within four years (NCES).

Kessler says they had stopped dating before their graduation in 2007 and that he had played no part in her pregnancy.

They dated through high school, then married after graduation.

A few days after graduation from college, I rushed back to Zimbabwe.

Helen Ervin's life in a private school for girls at San Francisco had been uneventful until her graduation.

Phœbe's graduation from the Greenwald High School was her red-letter day.

Since the power thus gradually percolates, a continuity and graduation of superiority and inferiority must develop itself.

Right after graduation, he was made second lieutenant of Engineers and for some time he was busy looking after our coast defenses.

It was in the summer after my graduation that I first became aware that my own feelings were undergoing a change.

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