graduation

[Grad·u*a·tion]

Graduation happens when you successfully complete an academic program, like high school or college. Then you go to a graduation ceremony.

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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.

Noun
the successful completion of a program of study

Noun
the act of arranging in grades

Noun
a line (as on a vessel or ruler) that marks a measurement; "the ruler had 16 graduations per inch"

Noun
an academic exercise in which diplomas are conferred


n.
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.

n.
The marks on an instrument or vessel to indicate degrees or quantity; a scale.

n.
The exposure of a liquid in large surfaces to the air, so as to hasten its evaporation.


Graduation

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.

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.

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Usage Examples

I've told my children that when I die, to release balloons in the sky to celebrate that I graduated. For me, death is a graduation.

I went to my son's graduation this weekend, and I heard a great quote I've never heard before from Albert Einstein. It was that the greatest danger to the world is not the bad people but it's the good people who don't speak out.

A graduation ceremony is an event where the commencement speaker tells thousands of students dressed in identical caps and gowns that 'individuality' is the key to success.

I disagree with a lot of those changes, however at the end of the day - I go down to recruit graduation at least once or twice a year.

I was a lesbian for a semester at Wesleyan - it was a graduation requirement.

I'm not retiring. I am graduating. Today is my graduation day. Retirement means that you'll just go ahead and live on your laurels and surf all day in Oceanside. It ain't going to happen.

A few months after graduation I was working in films. It took off pretty quick.

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Other Usage Examples

I was on the yearbook staff, so I would take out film cameras and Nikons and take photos around school and at sporting events and things like that. We had a darkroom as well. I just loved it. I also saved up for a video camera to video my friends and cut and paste the videos together and I gave them to all of my friends for graduation.

I thought I should go to New York because it was the place to go to study. I went and tried to get an application from the Juilliard School but they wouldn't even give me one because I didn't have my high school graduation.

I received $100 per week when I started working at the Globe after graduation.

Americans in particular are myopic. They're not traveling as much. When you were a college student, the next thing you would do on graduation was to take a year off and travel. That's what I did. I went to Indonesia.

I fell in love with theater there, and after graduation I moved to Los Angeles to pursue acting.

A month before graduation I got an off-Broadway job. Then I did some commercials, including one for MCI. You can only see half of me, but it paid well. Thank God for commercials.

All my graduation money went to paying for bartending classes so I could have a side gig. I bartended for two months before I was supposed to move to New York and then two months later I got the job as an understudy in 'Sister Act' and haven't looked back since.

If you're picking your best friend based on what kind of clothes she wears or how popular she is, chances are you aren't going to stay in touch after graduation.

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