graduation

graduation

English

Etymology

graduate +‎ -ion[1]

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˌɡɹæd͡ʒuˈeɪʃən/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˌɡɹædjuˈeɪʃən/
• Rhymes: -eɪʃən

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Noun

graduation (countable and uncountable, plural graduations)

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. (sciences) A marking (e.g., on a container) indicating a measurement on a scale, usually one of many such markings.
4. The exposure of a liquid in large surfaces to the air, so as to hasten its evaporation.
5. (Japanese entertainment) The action or process of graduating (leaving a group).

   graduation from AKB48

Synonyms

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Translations

the action or process of graduating

Arabic: تَخَرُّج‎ m (taḵarruj) Bulgarian: абсолви́ране n (absolvírane) Chinese: Cantonese: 畢業／毕业, 毕业 (bat1 jip6) Mandarin: 畢業／毕业 (zh) (bìyè) Min Nan: 畢業／毕业 (zh-min-nan), 毕业 (pit-gia̍p) Czech: promoce f Finnish: valmistuminen (fi) German: Abschluss (de) m Greek: αποφοίτηση (el) f (apofoítisi) Hungarian: diplomaszerzés, diplomázás, lediplomázás, egyetem/főiskola elvégzése, (from high school) középiskola elvégzése Italian: graduazione f Japanese: 卒業 (ja) (そつぎょう, sotsugyō) Korean: 졸업(卒業) (ko) (joreop) Maori: whakapōtaetanga, whakawhiwhinga Navajo: daʼiiłtááh Persian: فارغ‌التحصیلی‎ (fâreğ-ottahsili) Portuguese: formatura (pt) f Russian: оконча́ние (ru) n (okončánije) (уче́бного заведе́ния) Scottish Gaelic: ceumnachadh m Slovene: matura f Spanish: graduación (es) f Tagalog: pagtatapos Turkish: mezuniyet (tr)

a commencement ceremony

Chinese: Mandarin: 畢業典禮／毕业典礼 (bìyè diǎnlǐ) Czech: promoce f Dutch: diploma-uitreiking (nl) Finnish: valmistujaiset (fi) German: Abschlussfeier (de) f Greek: αποφοίτηση (el) f (apofoítisi), τελετή αποφοίτησης f (teletí apofoítisis) Hungarian: diplomaosztás, diplomaosztó/diplomaátadó ünnepség/ünnepély, (from primary school or high school) ballagás (hu) Indonesian: wisuda (id) Italian: graduazione f Japanese: 卒業式 (ja) (そつぎょうしき, sotsugyōshiki) Korean: 졸업식 (joreopsik) Malay: konvokesyen (ms) Persian: جشن فارغ‌التحصیلی‎ (jašn-e fâreğ-ottahsili) Portuguese: graduação (pt) f, cerimônia de colação de grau f Russian: церемо́ния (ru) f (ceremónija) (вруче́ния дипло́мов) Scottish Gaelic: ceumnachadh m Spanish: graduación (es) f Tagalog: pagtatapos Turkish: mezuniyet (tr), mezuniyet töreni Vietnamese: lễ tốt nghiệp

a marking (i.e. on a container) indicating a measurement

Bulgarian: градуи́ране n (graduírane) Chinese: Mandarin: 刻度 (zh) (kèdù) Finnish: asteikko (fi) French: graduation (fr) f German: Graduierung f Hungarian: fokbeosztás, fokjelölés, fokozatokra osztás Italian: graduazione f Japanese: 目盛り (ja) (めもり, memori) Polish: wskaz (pl) m Portuguese: graduação (pt) f Russian: градуиро́вка (ru) f (graduiróvka), деле́ния (ru) n pl (delénija) Spanish: graduación (es) f

the exposure of a liquid in large surfaces to the air

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Interlingua: (please verify) graduation Portuguese: (please verify) graduação (pt) f Spanish: (please verify) graduación (es)

References

1. “graduation”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.

Anagrams

• argonautid

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French

Pronunciation

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Noun

graduation f (plural graduations)

1. graduation sense #3 (A marking (e.g., on a container) indicating a measurement, usually one of many such markings that are each separated by a constant interval)
2. the process of creating such markings
3. encoding of a sound or image producing a digital signal of which one may use a greater or lesser part corresponding to better or worse quality

Further reading

• “graduation”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.