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This whole time we have been talking about leading up to graduation and how to get ready for it. But never have we put a definition onto the term. I thought this post could be some meanings and synonyms of the word graduation.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Definitions:\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cthe receiving or conferring of an academic degree or diploma.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cthe action of dividing into degrees or other proportionate divisions on a graduated scale.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cGraduation is the award of a diploma or academic degree, or the ceremony that is sometimes associated with it, in which students become graduates. The date of graduation is often called graduation day. The graduation ceremony itself is also sometimes called: commencement, convocation or invocation.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cthe formal<\/a> event<\/a> at which a person<\/a> who has successfully<\/a> completed<\/a> a course<\/a> of study<\/a> at a school<\/a>, college<\/a>, or university<\/a> gets a document<\/a> stating<\/a> this fact<\/a>, or the successful<\/a> completion<\/a> of a course<\/a> of study<\/a>:\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cthe fact<\/a> of finishing<\/a> a degree<\/a> or other course<\/a> of study<\/a> at a university<\/a> or school<\/a>, or the ceremony<\/a> at which you are officially<\/a> said to have finished<\/a>:\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cGraduation is the successful completion of a course of study at a university, college, or school, for which you receive a degree or diploma.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n Synonyms:\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n commencement. admission. alpha. birth. bow. celebration. convocation. countdown. curtain-raiser.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n