Definition of graduation
1 : a mark on an instrument or vessel indicating degrees or quantity; also : these marks
2a : the award or acceptance of an academic degree or diplomab : commencement
3 : arrangement in degrees or ranks
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Examples of graduation in a Sentence
He joined the navy after graduation.
We had a party to celebrate her graduation from high school.
They took lots of pictures at their son's graduation.
Recent Examples of graduation from the Web
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Rebecca (Scarlett Johansson) says with a laugh to her best friend Enid (Thora Birch) at their high-school graduation, marveling at the unironic chintziness of the band onstage.
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Washington Senior High School’s graduation ceremony held at the Adrienne Arsht Center on Thursday.
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Barrington High School hosts its graduation ceremony Friday at Willow Creek Community Church in South Barrington.
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A northern Nevada school district has tentatively reversed a long-standing policy that would have prohibited Native American students from wearing eagle feathers on their graduation caps.
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Nordwall and other Native American students will be allowed to wear eagle feathers on their graduation caps at next month’s ceremony after the Washoe County School District tentatively reversed a long-standing policy banning the practice.
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Carol Sears, of Crestwood, Ill., brought her daughter and son, Olivia, 14, and Matthew, 9, to the park Friday as a treat for Olivia's eighth-grade graduation.
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Yet 48 years after her graduation, her words about the idealism of a student starting college and determined to change the world seem more significant.
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College choices will likely be in the Northeast since the family will relocate there following the twins' early graduation in December.
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First Known Use of graduation
1594
Other Education Terms
GRADUATION Defined for English Language Learners
graduation
playDefinition of graduation for English Language Learners
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: the act of receiving a diploma or degree from a school, college, or university : the act of graduating
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: a ceremony at which degrees or diplomas are given out
GRADUATION Defined for Kids
graduation
playDefinition of graduation for Students
1 : the act or process of finishing a course of study
2 : commencement 1
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