graduation
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- noun
- /ˌɡrædʒuˈeɪʃən/
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graduación
- She was excited to celebrate her graduation from university with her family and friends.
- graduation rates
- graduation requirements
- attendance at graduation
So how long after graduation did you go to boot camp?
- So how long after graduation did you go to boot camp?
- Their grades were better, their graduation rates were higher.
- Normally, graduation is a launching pad into the unknown.
- Joining you for graduation is a high honor.
- One of them posted a graduation photo, right?
- I still have three years left till my graduation.
- And, and so we got to go to his high school graduation.
- I'm coming to the graduation, but I also have some other news.
- Yeah, I actually pitched that as our fifth grade graduation song.
- I feel comfy and I'm ready to celebrate graduation.
- I wanted to do internships to delay and postpone graduation.
- Can I get a We were the first graduation class and law school class.
- So went straight from graduation, Fort Benning jump school.
- sash to my graduation against my dad's wife's wishes?
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Normally, graduation is a launching pad into the unknown.
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But instead you missed high school graduation, college graduation, and now my wedding.
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I got to make a video for graduation and speak at my graduation.
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You cannot hear a graduation speech and not think about your own life.
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We came to London for our graduation trip!
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As students approach high school graduation, questions about career options and continuing education become critical.
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So how long after graduation did you go to boot camp?
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Well, looks like I messed up my son's graduation celebration once again.
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I haven't seen you since graduation.
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Jesse's graduation from middle school had come at an especially enterprising moment in the boy's life.
Synonyms
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A ceremony where students receive their degrees
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A formal university event where graduates get their degrees and hear speeches
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A ceremony where students get their diplomas
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A formal ceremony where students receive degrees or diplomas
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A day when a college or university gives degrees to graduating students in a ceremony
The day when a university celebrates students finishing their studies with a formal ceremony
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Compounds
How Formal
- Formal
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- Formal
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Etymology
Graduation comes from the old Latin word gradus meaning 'step', the same root as graduate and grade. Finishing a course is seen as taking a new 'step' in life, so completing your studies is called a graduation.