graduation

English

Etymology

graduate +‎ -ation

Pronunciation

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

• Audio (UK)

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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, usually one of many such markings that are each separated by a constant interval.

   Synonym: scale

4. The exposure of a liquid in large surfaces to the air, so as to hasten its evaporation.

Synonyms

(from uni):

• 🎓

Translations

the action or process of graduating

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

  Cantonese: 畢業, 毕业 (bat¹ jip⁶)

  Mandarin: 畢業 (zh), 毕业 (zh) (bìyè)

  Min Nan: 畢業 (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 (ko) (joreop) (卒業 (ko))
• 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
• 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)
• Italian: graduazione f
• Japanese: 卒業式 (ja) (そつぎょうしき, sotsugyōshiki)
• Korean: 졸업식 (joreopsik)

• Malay: konvokesyen
• 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

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables, removing any numbers. Numbers do not necessarily match those in definitions. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

Translations to be checked

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

• Spanish: ^{(please verify)} graduación (es)

Anagrams

• argonautid

French

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.