graduation

English

Pronunciation

• (GenAm) IPA: /ˌɡɹædʒuˈeɪʃən/
• Rhymes: -eɪʃən

Noun

graduation (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).
2. A commencement ceremony.
3. (sciences) A marking (i.e. on a container) indicating a measurement.
4. The exposure of a liquid in large surfaces to the air, so as to hasten its evaporation.

Synonyms

• (marking): scale

Translations

the action or process of graduating

• Arabic: تخرج (ar) (taxárruj) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 畢業 (cmn), 毕业 (cmn) (bìyè)

• Czech: promoce (cs) f
• Finnish: valmistuminen (fi)
• German: Abschluss (de) m
• Italian: graduazione (it) f
• Japanese: 卒業 (ja) (そつぎょう, sotsugyō)

• Korean: 졸업 (ko) (joreop) (卒業 (ko))
• Navajo: daʼiiłtááh
• Portuguese: graduação (pt) f
• Russian: окончание (ru) (okončánije) n  (уче́бного заведе́ния)
• Scottish Gaelic: ceumnachadh (gd) m
• Slovene: matura (sl) f
• Turkish: mezuniyet (tr)

a commencement ceremony

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 畢業典禮, 毕业典礼 (bìyè diǎnlǐ)

• Czech: promoce (cs) f
• Finnish: valmistujaiset (fi)
• German: Abschlussfeier (de) f
• Italian: graduazione (it) f

• Japanese: 卒業式 (ja) (そつぎょうしき, sotsugyōshiki)
• Malay: konvokesyen (ms)
• Russian: церемония (ru) (ceremónija) f  (вруче́ния дипло́мов)
• Scottish Gaelic: ceumnachadh (gd) m
• Turkish: mezuniyet (tr), mezuniyet töreni (tr)

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

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 刻度 (cmn) (kèdù)

• Finnish: asteikko (fi)
• French: graduation (fr) f
• German: Graduierung (de) f

• Italian: graduazione (it) f
• Japanese: 目盛り (ja) (めもり, memori)
• Russian: градуировка (ru) (graduiróvka) f , деления (ru) (delénija) n pl 

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• Interlingua: graduation
• Spanish: graduación