commencement
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6.5
- noun
- /kəˈmɛnsmənt/
- Formal
:
graduación
- Earlier this year, the General gave the commencement address at West Point.
- commencement address
- commencement ceremony
- commencement speech
And that brings me to today's commencement speaker, Tim Cook.
- And that brings me to today's commencement speaker, Tim Cook.
- Instead, you should just follow your passion, said every commencement speaker.
- So in her Bryn Mawr commencement address, she talks about several different things, languages, right?
- And in the future, when you'll be invited to give a MIT commencement speech for new grads, what will be your advice or message to them?
- And now giving her a commencement speech, Hillary Rodham Clinton.
- I'm playing music in a commencement speech because why not?
- Would they really get someone who wasn't in Model UN to give the commencement speech that was in middle school.
Examples
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The commencement ritual is a valedictory for students and a celebration for families.
Academic text (2016) -
On May 21, 2005, President George W. Bush delivered the commencement address at Calvin College in Grand Rapids, Michigan.
Academic text (2006) -
And also because the weekend after my first show, I had my in person college commencement ceremony.
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Yes, we're back because for whatever reason, we were asked to deliver the commencement address for our high school's graduation.
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I graduated as class president finally, so I had to speak at the commencement and he helped me put my speech together.
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Yes, I'm giving the commencement address at this year's ceremony.
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The collection contains a program for the first commencement held at Armstrong on June 4, 1937.
Academic text (2010) -
Martin Cooper, inventor of the mobile phone, gave the commencement speech at my college graduation.
Blog text (11) -
Leta and Harry received honorary degrees at the University of Nebraska's spring commencement on Monday, June 6.
Academic text (1990) -
Every year, students eagerly await the commencement ceremony to celebrate their graduation.
Synonyms
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2.0
A ceremony where students receive degrees or diplomas
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A formal university event where graduates get their degrees and hear speeches
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A formal ceremony where students receive degrees or diplomas
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3.6
A ceremony where students get their diplomas
Compounds
- Formal
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A formal university event where graduates get their degrees and hear speeches
- Formal
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3.9
A day when a college or university gives degrees to graduating students in a ceremony
How Formal
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Commencement is also the name for a graduation ceremony because it comes from commence, which means 'to begin'. The ceremony marks the graduates' 'new beginning' as they leave school and start their careers.