Meaning

6 senses
  1. (countable, uncountable)The action or process of graduating and receiving a diploma for completing a course of study (such as from an educational institution).

    The graduation ball was the students' chance to say goodbye to each other.

    After my graduation, I took a year out to travel, then went into an office job.

    Abschluss

    оконча́ниеokončánije

  2. (countable, uncountable)A commencement ceremony.

    Abschlussfeier

    церемо́нияceremónija

  3. (Japanese, countable, uncountable)The action or process of leaving a group.

    graduation from AKB48

  4. (countable, uncountable)A marking (e.g., on a container) indicating a measurement on a scale, usually one of many such markings; the making of such marks.

    Graduierung

    градуиро́вкаgraduiróvka, деле́нияdelénija

    a line (as on a vessel or ruler) that marks a measurement

  5. (countable, uncountable)The exposure of a liquid in large surfaces to the air, so as to hasten its evaporation.

  6. (countable, uncountable)Synonym of gradation.

Examples

110 sentences
  1. Tom congratulated Mary on her graduation.

    Том привітав Мері з випускним. — deniko

    deTom beglückwünschte Mary zu ihrem Abschluss. — al_ex_an_der

  2. I want to congratulate you on your graduation.

    Хочу привітати тебе з дипломом. — marko

    ruЯ хочу поздравить тебя с окончанием учёбы. — odexed

    deIch möchte dir zum Diplom gratulieren. — Esperantostern

  3. What will you do after graduation?

    ruЧто вы планируете делать после выпуска? — soniamiku

    deWas willst du nach dem Studium machen? — Sudajaengi

  4. What are you wearing to graduation?

    ruЧто ты оденешь на выпускной? — dimitris

  5. We're three months away from graduation.

Translations

8 languages
Русский
By meaning 3
the action or process of graduating:
a commencement ceremony:
a marking (i.e. on a container) indicating a measurement:
Deutsch
By meaning 3
the action or process of graduating:
a commencement ceremony:
a marking (i.e. on a container) indicating a measurement:

Origin

From graduate + -ion.

From graduate + -ion.

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Forms

plural: graduations
Singulargraduation
Pluralgraduations

regular

Synonyms

5 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • the act of arranging in grades:gradation
  • an academic exercise in which diplomas are conferred:commencementcommencement exercisecommencement ceremonygraduation exercise

Word family

10 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary

Dictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.

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