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: تخرج m (taxárruj)
• 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))
• Navajo: daʼiiłtááh
• Portuguese: graduação (pt) f
• Russian: окончание (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
• Russian: церемония (ru) f (ceremónija) (вруче́ния дипло́мов)
• Scottish Gaelic: ceumnachadh m
• Turkish: mezuniyet (tr), mezuniyet töreni

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

• 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)
• Russian: градуировка (ru) f (graduiróvka), деления (ru) n pl (delénija)

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Translations to be checked

• Interlingua: graduation
• Spanish: graduación