Graduation
[grædʒʊ'eɪʃ(ə)n;-djʊ-] or [,ɡrædʒu'eʃən]
Definition
(noun.) the successful completion of a program of study.
(noun.) a line (as on a vessel or ruler) that marks a measurement; 'the ruler had 16 graduations per inch'.
Typed by Edwina--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) The act of graduating, or the state of being graduated; as, graduation of a scale; graduation at a college; graduation in color; graduation by evaporation; the graduation of a bird's tail, etc.
(n.) The marks on an instrument or vessel to indicate degrees or quantity; a scale.
(n.) The exposure of a liquid in large surfaces to the air, so as to hasten its evaporation.
Typist: Penelope
Examples
- I had known Smith as a cadet at West Point, but had no recollection of having met him after my graduation, in 1843, up to this time. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- Kautz, who had remained in the army from his graduation. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- I had never looked at a copy of tactics from the time of my graduation. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- We had been three years at West Point together, and, after my graduation, for a time in the same regiment. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- Soon after his graduation, Slaughter was ordered to California and took passage by a sailing vessel going around Cape Horn. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- Suitable marks, or graduations, on the sides of the vessel served to indicate the lapse of time as the water gradually receded. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
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