graduation
graduation Lexical Profile
graduation Game Scores & Validity
• noun
The successful completion of a course of study at a school, college, or university, or the formal ceremony at which degrees or diplomas are conferred.
"Her entire family traveled across the country to attend her university graduation in May."
The action of dividing a measuring instrument or vessel into proportional intervals, or one of the marks indicating such a division.
"The chemist carefully poured the solution into the cylinder until the meniscus reached the fifty-milliliter graduation."
An arrangement or progression in successive stages, degrees, or grades.
"The tax code features a careful graduation of rates based on household income."
Word Nuance & Usage
Do not confuse 'graduation' with 'gradation', which refers to a gradual transition or series of successive stages rather than an academic ceremony or measurement mark.
• Rhymes for graduation
Word Origin & Etymology
Borrowed in the late 16th century from Medieval Latin graduatio, from graduare ('to admit to a university degree'), ultimately derived from Latin gradus ('a step, pace, or degree').