graduation

English

Etymology

graduate +‎ -ation

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌɡɹædʒuˈeɪʃən/
• Rhymes: -eɪʃən

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).
2. A commencement ceremony.
3. (sciences) A marking (i.e. 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

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Translations

the action or process of graduating

• Arabic: تَخَرُّج m (taḵarruj)
• Bulgarian: абсолвиране n (absolvirane)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 畢業／毕业 (zh) (bìyè), 毕业 (zh) (bìyè)

• 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)
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• Korean: 졸업 (ko) (joreop) (卒業 (ko))
• Maori: whakapōtaetanga, whakawhiwhinga
• Navajo: daʼiiłtááh
• Persian: فارغ التحصیلی
• 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／毕业 (bìyè)典禮／典礼 (diǎnlǐ), 毕业 (bìyè)典礼 (diǎnlǐ) (bìyè diǎnlǐ)

• Czech: promoce f
• Finnish: valmistujaiset
• 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)
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• Malay: konvokesyen
• Persian: جشن فارغ التحصیلی
• 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: градуиране n (graduirane)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 刻度 (zh) (kèdù)

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

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The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

Translations to be checked

• (deprecated template usage) Interlingua: graduation
• Portuguese: ^{(please verify)} graduação (pt) f
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• Spanish: ^{(please verify)} graduación (es)

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