About The Word Graduation

Bay Area Crosswords

Learn about the word Graduation to help solve your crossword puzzle. Discover Graduation definitions and meaning, origins, synonyms, related terms and more at the free Crossword Dictionary.

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.

More Crossword Puzzle Words

A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z

Cross Word Of The Day

  • Virginia mallow ‐ tall handsome perennial herb of southeastern United States having…
  • Sinecure ‐ an office that involves minimal duties [n] a benefice to which…
  • Ground bait ‐ bait scattered on the water to…
  • Ketoacidosis-resistant diabetes ‐ mild form of diabetes mellitus that develops gradually in adults;…
  • Boolean logic ‐ a system of symbolic logic devised by George Boole; used in…
  • Repine ‐ express…
  • Chinese angelica ‐ similar to American angelica tree but less…
  • Outlawry ‐ illegality as a consequence of unlawful acts; defiance of the…
  • Flammable ‐ possible to burn
  • Genus mastodon ‐ extinct type genus of the Mammutidae:…