graduation
//ˌɡɹæd͡ʒuˈeɪʃən//
Forms
- Plural
- graduations
Definitions
1.The action or process of graduating and receiving a diploma for completing a course of study (such as from an educational institution).
- The graduation ball was the students' chance to say goodbye to each other.
- After my graduation, I took a year out to travel, then went into an office job.
2.A commencement ceremony.
3.The action or process of leaving a group.
4.A marking (e.g., on a container) indicating a measurement on a scale, usually one of many such markings; the making of such marks.
Frequency
Overall
Rare· #5001
By learning goal
- Everyday conversation
- Rare
- General reading & writing
- Rare
- Academic
- Rare
- Literature
- Rare
Etymology
From graduate + -ion.