graduation

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

graduate +‎ -ion[1]

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Noun[edit]

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

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Translations[edit]

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References[edit]

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

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Noun[edit]

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

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