graduation

English

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /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: تَخَرُّج m ‎(taḵarruj)
• Bulgarian: абсолвиране n ‎(absolvirane)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 畢業 (zh), 毕业 (zh) ‎(bìyè)

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

• Korean: 졸업 (ko) ‎(joreop) (卒業 (ko))
• Maori: whakapōtaetanga
• Navajo: daʼiiłtááh
• Portuguese: formatura f
• Russian: оконча́ние (ru) n ‎(okončánije) (уче́бного заведе́ния)
• Scottish Gaelic: ceumnachadh m
• Slovene: matura f
• Spanish: graduación (es) f
• Turkish: mezuniyet (tr)

a commencement ceremony

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 畢業典禮, 毕业典礼 (bìyè diǎnlǐ)

• Czech: promoce f
• Finnish: valmistujaiset
• German: Abschlussfeier f
• Italian: graduazione f

• Japanese: 卒業式 (ja) ‎(そつぎょうしき, sotsugyōshiki)
• Malay: konvokesyen
• Portuguese: graduação (pt) f
• Russian: церемо́ния (ru) f ‎(ceremónija) (вруче́ния дипло́мов)
• Scottish Gaelic: ceumnachadh m
• Spanish: graduación (es) f
• Turkish: mezuniyet (tr), mezuniyet töreni
• Vietnamese: lễ tốt nghiệp

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

• Bulgarian: градуиране n ‎(graduirane)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 刻度 (zh) ‎(kèdù)

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

• Italian: graduazione f
• Japanese: 目盛り ‎(めもり, memori)
• 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: graduation
• Spanish: ^{(please verify)} graduación
• Portuguese: graduação (pt) f