graduation
pronunciation
How to pronounce graduation in British English:
UK [ˌɡrædʒuˈeɪʃn]
How to pronounce graduation in American English:
US [ˌɡrædʒuˈeɪʃn]
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- Noun:
- the successful completion of a program of study
- an academic exercise in which diplomas are conferred
- a line (as on a vessel or ruler) that marks a measurement
- the act of arranging in grades
Word Origin
- graduation (n.)
- early 15c., in alchemy, "a tempering, a refining of something to a certain degree; measurement according to the four degrees of a quality," from graduate (n.). General sense of "a dividing into degrees" is from 1590s; meaning "action of receiving or giving an academic degree" is from early 15c.; in reference to the ceremony where a degree is given, from 1818.
Example
- 1. He had not seen him since that graduation day .
- 2. As graduation day approached , the young man awaited signs that his father had purchased the car .
- 3. Graduation is a happy day .
- 4. But a problem emerged shortly after graduation .
- 5. Reliable graduation rates and earnings data do not exist .