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GRADUATION

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

The successful completion of a program of study

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("graduation" is a kind of...):

closing; completion; culmination; mop up; windup (a concluding action)

Derivation:

graduate (confer an academic degree upon)

graduate (receive an academic degree upon completion of one's studies)

Sense 2

Meaning:

The act of arranging in grades

Synonyms:

gradation; graduation

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("graduation" is a kind of...):

quantification (the act of discovering or expressing the quantity of something)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "graduation"):

blending; shading (a gradation involving small or imperceptible differences between grades)

Sense 3

Meaning:

A line (as on a vessel or ruler) that marks a measurement

Example:

the ruler had 16 graduations per inch

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("graduation" is a kind of...):

line (a mark that is long relative to its width)

Derivation:

graduate (make fine adjustments or divide into marked intervals for optimal measuring)

Sense 4

Meaning:

An academic exercise in which diplomas are conferred

Synonyms:

commencement; commencement ceremony; commencement exercise; graduation; graduation exercise

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural events

Hypernyms ("graduation" is a kind of...):

exercise ((usually plural) a ceremony that involves processions and speeches)

Meronyms (parts of "graduation"):

baccalaureate (a farewell sermon to a graduating class at their commencement ceremonies)

Derivation:

graduate (confer an academic degree upon)

graduate (receive an academic degree upon completion of one's studies)

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