'Graduation' definitions:
Definition of 'graduation'
(from WordNet)
noun
The successful completion of a program of study
noun
An academic exercise in which diplomas are conferred [syn: commencement, commencement exercise, commencement ceremony, graduation, graduation exercise]
noun
A line (as on a vessel or ruler) that marks a measurement; "the ruler had 16 graduations per inch"
noun
The act of arranging in grades [syn: gradation, graduation]
Definition of 'Graduation'
From: GCIDE
- 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]
Synonyms of 'graduation'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- 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
Words containing 'Graduation'
- Graduate,
- Graduated,
- Graduating,
- Graduator,
- Graduated bottle,
- Graduated cap,
- Graduated cylinder,
- Graduated flask,
- Graduated glass,
- Graduated spring,
- Graduated tube,
- Graduating engine,
- graduate nurse,
- graduate school,
- graduate student,
- graduated table,
- graduated tax,
- graduating class,
- graduation exercise