graduation

noun

1. the successful completion of a program of study

Definition categories: act, closing, completion, culmination, windup

2. an academic exercise in which diplomas are conferred

Similar word(s): commencement

Definition categories: event, exercise

3. a line (as on a vessel or ruler) that marks a measurement

- the ruler had 16 graduations per inch

Definition categories: communication, line

4. the act of arranging in grades

Similar word(s): gradation

Definition categories: act, quantification