graduation

Other forms of graduation

plural

graduations·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about graduation

What does graduation mean?

graduation means "the successful completion of a program of study". That is the primary sense; the word has 4 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in graduation?

graduation has 4 syllables: grad-u-a-tion. The stress falls on "a". In IPA it is /ˌɡɹædʒuˈeɪʃən/.

What is another word for graduation?

Close synonyms include commencement, commencement exercise, commencement ceremony, graduation exercise, gradation. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is graduation a common word?

graduation is banded "Common" — everyday vocabulary in speech and writing. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with graduation?

133 words rhyme with graduation. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.