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Graduation

Graduation Meaning & Definition
Graduation Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Graduation?

[n] the successful completion of a program of study
[n] the act of arranging in grades
[n] a line (as on a vessel or ruler) that marks a measurement; "the ruler had 16 graduations per inch"
[n] an academic exercise in which diplomas are conferred

Synonyms | Synonyms for Graduation: commencement | commencement ceremony | commencement exercise | gradation | graduation exercise

Related Terms | Find terms related to Graduation: 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

See Also | baccalaureate | blending | closing | completion | culmination | exercise | line | mop up | quantification | shading | windup

Graduation In Webster's Dictionary

\Grad"u*a"tion\, n. [LL. graduatio promotion to a degree: cf. F. graduation division into degrees.] 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. 2. The marks on an instrument or vessel to indicate degrees or quantity; a scale. 3. The exposure of a liquid in large surfaces to the air, so as to hasten its evaporation.

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