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GRADUATION
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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:
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:
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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