The action of taking the full degree of Master or Doctor; esp. at Cambridge, Dublin, and the American universities, the great ceremony when these…
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| 释义 | society > education > educational administration > university administration > taking degree or graduation > [noun] (109) commencementa1387 The action of taking the full degree of Master or Doctor; esp. at Cambridge, Dublin, and the American universities, the great ceremony when these… proceeding1479 The taking of a university degree; graduation. Obsolete. act1587 Oxford University. With capital initial. The ceremony to mark the completion of degrees, during which theses were publicly defended; cf. commencement… commencing1588 Beginning: graduating: see the verb attributive, as commencing credit, credit given to those who are starting a career. graduationa1639 The action of receiving or conferring a university degree, or a certificate of qualification from some recognized authority. Also, the ceremony of… manumissiona1662 Scottish. Graduation; a graduation ceremony. Obsolete. determination1665 The resolving of a question or maintaining of a thesis in a scholastic disputation; spec. in University history, the name of certain disputations… determining1675 In academic use = determination, n. 4. inceptionc1680 In University use: The action of incepting; see quots. 1888 1895, and cf. commencement, n. 2. bachelorizinga1739 post-graduation1920 The receipt or conferment of a higher academic degree or diploma. rare. Subcategories:— graduand (8) — taking more than one degree (4) — permission to take degree (1) — presenting or petitioning for degree (6) — conferring degree (2) — oration at ceremony (4) — a degree (42) — graduate (7) — degree holder (20) — diploma (3) — someone to be given an honorary degree (1) |
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