graduation B1 Topic:Describing Qualities US /ˌɡɹæd͡ʒuˈeɪʃən/ UK /ˌɡɹædjuˈeɪʃən/ See IPA manual Freq #6085 Meanings 1 noun The act of completing your studies and receiving a degree. After graduation she found a job in publishing. 2 noun The ceremony at which students receive their diplomas or degrees. My whole family came to my graduation. 3 noun A line marking a measurement on a container or instrument. The ruler had sixteen graduations to every inch. Thesaurus Synonyms 2 noun · the ceremony at which... commencement Word family Forms graduations Derived forms bugcongradulationsgraduationalguglugnongraduationpostgraduationpregraduation Common collocations graduation exercise Noun + noun Etymology AI details From graduate + -ion. Topics Describing Qualities External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # graduation **Type:** Word **Level:** B1 **Part of speech:** noun **IPA (US):** /ˌɡɹæd͡ʒuˈeɪʃən/ **IPA (UK):** /ˌɡɹædjuˈeɪʃən/ **Frequency rank:** 6085 ## Meanings 1. The act of completing your studies and receiving a degree. 2. The ceremony at which students receive their diplomas or degrees. 3. A line marking a measurement on a container or instrument. ## Examples - After graduation she found a job in publishing. - My whole family came to my graduation. - The ruler had sixteen graduations to every inch. ## Derived Forms - bug - congradulations - graduational - gug - lug - nongraduation - postgraduation - pregraduation ## Etymology From graduate + -ion. ## AI Etymology Graduation comes from graduate + -ion. The analysis is mainly morphological: the modern nominal form is built from the named base and affix. In current use, the main senses are “The act of completing your studies and receiving a degree” and “The ceremony at which students receive their diplomas or degrees”. ## Topics - Describing Qualities markdown