Graduation is the successful completion of a course of study at a university, college, or school, for which you receive a degree or diploma.
They asked what his plans were after graduation.
Upon graduation he joined a small law firm.
2. countable noun [usually singular, oft NOUN noun]
A graduation is a special ceremony at university, college, or school, at which degrees and diplomas are given to students who have successfully completed their studies.
...the graduation ceremony at Yale.
At my brother's high school graduation the students recited a poem.
3. countable noun
A graduation is a line or number on a container or measuring instrument which marks a particular measurement.
...medicine bottles with graduations on them.
Synonyms: calibration, marking, grade, gauge More Synonyms of graduation
graduation in British English
(ˌɡrædjʊˈeɪʃən)
noun
1.
the act of graduating or the state of being graduated
2.
the ceremony at which school or college degrees and diplomas are conferred
3.
a mark or division or all the marks or divisions that indicate measure on an instrument or vessel
graduation in American English
(ˌgrædʒuˈeɪʃən)
noun
1.
a.
a graduating or being graduated from a school or college
b.
the ceremony connected with this; commencement
2.
a.
a marking of a flask, tube, gauge, etc. with a series of degrees for measuring
b.
one or all of the degrees marked; a degree or scale
3.
an arrangement or classification into grades according to amount, size, etc.
Word origin
ML graduatio < pp. of graduare: see graduate
Examples of 'graduation' in a sentence
graduation
Already she is thinking about her first speech at a graduation ceremony.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
There is talk of action over the summer to disrupt open days and graduation ceremonies.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
Rental yields may subsidise costs and you may also see some capital growth by graduation day.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
It was agreed on the day of his graduation ceremony.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
What matters is the quality of the degree to be taken and not the length of time before a graduation ceremony.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
This week's lesson reviews what youth pastors should know about prayers at public school graduation ceremonies.
Christianity Today (2000)
Fifteen MPs and peers received their graduation diplomas.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
After the soaring highs of our graduation ceremonies, we both spent the next three months unemployed.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
Keep calm, speak up and graduation day will still be in sight.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
He was put under surveillance, and arrested the day after his graduation.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
I did it at university as my graduation piece.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
I had on my school graduation dress.
The Sun (2011)
Many are finding that after the high of graduation, they are coming back down to earth with a bump.
The Sun (2011)
Her graduation photograph from high school is posted - as well as pictures of her having a laugh in class with a group of friends.
The Sun (2007)
Following graduation from college, she was back home, feeling lonely and lacking in direction.
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She would have attended her graduation ceremony on October 6 this year.
The Sun (2012)
But when the pair spend a week away together for their son 's graduation, they end up embarking on an affair.
The Sun (2010)
A divorced couple are reunited at their son 's college graduation, and begin a clandestine affair.
The Sun (2011)
In other languages
graduation
British English: graduation /ˌɡrædjʊˈeɪʃən/ NOUN
Graduation is the successful completion of a course of study at a university, college, or school, for which you receive a degree or diploma.
After graduation he joined a small law firm.
American English: graduation
Arabic: تَخَرُّج
Brazilian Portuguese: graduação
Chinese: 毕业
Croatian: diplomiranje
Czech: promoce
Danish: dimission
Dutch: diploma-uitreiking
European Spanish: graduación
Finnish: valmistuminen oppilaitoksesta
French: remise des diplômes
German: Abschlussfeier
Greek: αποφόιτηση
Italian: laurea
Japanese: 大学卒業
Korean: 졸업
Norwegian: avgangseksamen
Polish: ukończenie szkoły
European Portuguese: graduação
Romanian: absolvire
Russian: окончание учебного заведения
Latin American Spanish: graduación
Swedish: akademisk examen
Thai: การสำเร็จการศึกษา
Turkish: mezuniyet
Ukrainian: випуск
Vietnamese: sự tốt nghiệp
Chinese translation of 'graduation'
graduation
(ɡrædjuˈeɪʃən)
n
(u) (from university) 毕(畢)业(業) (bìyè)
(u) (US, from high school, elementary school etc) 毕(畢)业(業) (bìyè)
(c/u) (after degree) (also graduation ceremony)
毕(畢)业(業)典礼(禮) (bìyè diǎnlǐ) (次, cì)
(US, after high school, elementary school etc) 毕(畢)业(業)典礼(禮) (bìyè diǎnlǐ) (次, cì)
(noun)
Definition
a mark indicating measure on an instrument or container