Commencement
[kə'mensm(ə)nt] or [kə'mɛnsmənt]
Definition
(noun.) an academic exercise in which diplomas are conferred.
Edited by Astor--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) The first existence of anything; act or fact of commencing; rise; origin; beginning; start.
(n.) The day when degrees are conferred by colleges and universities upon students and others.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Beginning, outset, opening.
Typist: Rachel
Examples
- It is a hereditary matter; so in order to give you an idea of the facts, I must go back to the commencement of the affair. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- Pray give us the essential facts from the commencement, and I can afterwards question you as to those details which seem to me to be most important. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- This was the first commencement of my friendship with Adrian, and I must commemorate this day as the most fortunate of my life. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- In the commencement of his captivity Moore used feebly to resist Mrs. Horsfall. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- Commence, was Monsieur Defarge's not unreasonable reply, at the commencement. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- The explanation, I believe, lies in the nature of the climate before the commencement of the Glacial period. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
- Here strenuousness is expected; and an immediate commencement of investigation and prompt report are required. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- You will rejoice to hear that no disaster has accompanied the commencement of an enterprise which you have regarded with such evil forebodings. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
- We pass on now to the story of one futile commencement, one glorious shattered beginning of human unity. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Thus lodged, I was not, at least--at the commencement of the night, cold. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- Thus, notwithstanding the thoughtless delight that waited on its commencement, the impression I have of my life at Vienna is melancholy. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- And nothing to start until the commencement of the bombardment. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- There is a commencement of caring for every one. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- Madame Beck's commencement was--as I have often heard her say--from no higher starting-point, and where is she now? Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- Before the commencement of the present disturbances, the colony assemblies had not only the legislative, but a part of the executive power. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
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