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Synonyms for graduation


Grammar : Noun
Spell : graj-oo-ey-shuh n
Phonetic Transcription : ˌgrædʒ uˈeɪ ʃən



Définition of graduation

Origin :
  • early 15c., in alchemy, "tempering, refining of something to a certain degree; measurement according to the four degrees of a quality," from graduate (n.). General sense of "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.
  • noun commencement
Example sentences :
  • This is the first summer since her graduation which she has not spent abroad.
  • Extract from : « The Rise of Roscoe Paine » by Joseph C. Lincoln
  • Phœbe's graduation from the Greenwald High School was her red-letter day.
  • Extract from : « Patchwork » by Anna Balmer Myers
  • At graduation, he may say, “I'm going into chemical engineering construction.”
  • Extract from : « The Black Star Passes » by John W Campbell
  • The day after the graduation, the cards were handed out among the other grades.
  • Extract from : « Rosemary » by Josephine Lawrence
  • It marred all joys of graduation, so far as Miss Sanford was concerned.
  • Extract from : « Marion's Faith. » by Charles King
  • I had never been reproached by any one for my conduct on Graduation Day.
  • Extract from : « The Promised Land » by Mary Antin
  • Graduation at Wellington was old-fashioned and conventional.
  • Extract from : « Molly Brown's Senior Days » by Nell Speed
  • Your age and the year of your graduation from the Military Academy?
  • Extract from : « The Lost Despatch » by Natalie Sumner Lincoln
  • The age of graduation is usually from seventeen to twenty-five or even more.
  • Extract from : « The Indian Today » by Charles A. Eastman
  • Mother would expect her to wear them at her graduation and how could she?
  • Extract from : « Fireside Stories for Girls in Their Teens » by Margaret White Eggleston

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