graduation

From graduate +‎ -ion.^[1]

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˌɡɹæd͡ʒuˈeɪʃən/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˌɡɹædjuˈeɪʃən/
• Rhymes: -eɪʃən

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graduation (countable and uncountable, plural graduations)

1. The action or process of graduating and receiving a diploma for completing a course of study (such as from an educational institution).

   The graduation ball was the students' chance to say goodbye to each other.

   After my graduation, I took a year out to travel, then went into an office job.

2. A commencement ceremony.
3. (Japanese entertainment) The action or process of leaving a group.

   graduation from AKB48

4. (sciences) A marking (e.g., on a container) indicating a measurement on a scale, usually one of many such markings.
5. The exposure of a liquid in large surfaces to the air, so as to hasten its evaporation.

(from university):

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• argonautid

From graduer +‎ -ation.

• IPA^(key): /ɡʁa.dɥa.sjɔ̃/

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graduation f (plural graduations)

1. graduation (marking (e.g., on a container) indicating a measurement, usually one of many such markings that are each separated by a constant interval)
2. the process of creating such markings
3. encoding of a sound or image producing a digital signal of which one may use a greater or lesser part corresponding to better or worse quality

• “graduation”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.