graduation
/ɡradʒʊˈeɪʃ(ə)n
/ /ɡradjʊˈeɪʃ(ə)n/noun [mass noun]
1The receiving or conferring of an academic degree or diploma.However, students of the international class would receive two diplomas upon graduation; a national and an international one, she said....
- School officials caved and the student was able to retake a test five hours before graduation and receive her diploma.
- Although he didn't attend college right after graduation, Jay received a degree in accounting in 1984.
1.1 [count noun] The ceremony at which degrees are conferred.He was due to make a speech at a graduation ceremony in Ohio State University in the US last month....
- The Academy was holding a graduation ceremony Wednesday morning.
- School entrance ceremonies and graduations are attended by parents in formal dress.
2The action of dividing into degrees or other proportionate divisions on a graduated scale.Accepting degrees of graduation doesn't necessarily imply that there are varying positions on just one axis between two polar opposites....
- In other words, a just sentencing system contains a graduation of punishments differentiated according to the malignity of offences: Luxton v.
2.1 [count noun] A mark on a container or instrument indicating a degree of quantity.It consists of a stick marked with graduations and fitted with interchangeable vanes....
- Measuring instruments were sometimes made with special graduations for use in a particular trade or craft.
- The magnitude of changes, relative to wild-type controls, is color coded according to the graduation shown.
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