graduation

English

Etymology

graduate +‎ -ion

Pronunciation

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

• Audio (UK)

  (file)

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. (Japanese entertainment) The action or process of leaving a group.

   graduation from AKB48

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

Synonyms

(from uni):

• 🎓

Derived terms

• graduation mark
• lesbian until graduation

 

Translations

the action or process of graduating

• Arabic: تَخَرُّج m (taḵarruj)
• Bulgarian: абсолви́ране n (absolvírane)
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 畢業／毕业 (bat¹ jip⁶)

  Hokkien: 畢業／毕业 (zh-min-nan) (pit-gia̍p)

  Mandarin: 畢業／毕业 (zh) (bìyè)

• Czech: promoce f
• Finnish: valmistuminen (fi)
• German: Abschluss (de) m
• Greek: αποφοίτηση (el) f (apofoítisi)
• Hungarian: diplomaszerzés (hu), 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-ot-tahsili)
• 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(卒業式) (joreopsik)
• Malay: konvokesyen (ms)
• Persian: جشن فارغ‌التحصیلی (jašn-e fâreğ-ot-tahsili)
• 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 (hu), 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

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

Translations to be checked

• Interlingua: ^{(please verify)} graduation
• Portuguese: ^{(please verify)} graduação (pt) f
• Spanish: ^{(please verify)} graduación (es)

Anagrams

• argonautid

French

Etymology

From graduer +‎ -ation.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡʁa.dɥa.sjɔ̃/

• Audio

  (file)

Noun

graduation f (plural graduations)

1. graduation (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.