graduation

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

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

   the ruler had 16 graduations per inch

2. 2
   noun

   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.

3. 3
   noun

   The action or process of leaving a group.

   graduation from AKB48

4. 4
   noun

   Synonym of gradation.

   1923, Ernest Bramah, The Eyes of Max Carrados "No good, I'm afraid," he confessed before he took it. "A print of this sort is one of the few things that afford no graduation to the sense of touch. No, no"—as he passed his finger-tips over the paper—"a gelatino-chloride surface of mathematical uniformity, Inspector, and nothing more. Now had it been the negative—"

5. 5
   noun

   the successful completion of a program of study

6. 6
   noun

   the act of arranging in grades

7. 7
   noun

   an academic exercise in which diplomas are conferred

8. 8
   noun

   A commencement ceremony.

Etymology

From graduate + -ion.