Meaning of COMMENCEMENT
| Pronunciation: | | ku'mensmunt
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- [n] the act of starting something; "he was responsible for the beginning of negotiations"
- [n] an academic exercise in which diplomas are conferred
- [n] the time at which something begins; "They got an early start"
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| | Synonyms: | | beginning, beginning, commencement ceremony, commencement exercise, first, graduation, graduation exercise, kickoff, offset, outset, start, start, starting time |
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| | Antonyms: | | end, ending, finish, finishing, middle | | |
| | See Also: | | accession, activation, attack, baccalaureate, birth, change of state, constitution, Creation, debut, entry, establishment, exercise, face-off, first appearance, first step, formation, foundation, founding, groundbreaking, groundbreaking ceremony, housing start, icebreaker, inauguration, incipience, incipiency, initiation, initiative, innovation, installation, installing, installment, instauration, institution, introduction, jump ball, kickoff, launching, opening, opening move, organisation, organization, origination, point, point in time, recommencement, resumption, rise to power, scrum, scrummage, starting point, startup, terminus a quo, threshold, tone-beginning, unveiling | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Com*mence"ment\, n. [F. commencement.]
1. The first existence of anything; act or fact of
commencing; rise; origin; beginning; start.
The time of Henry VII. . . . nearly coincides with
the commencement of what is termed ``modern
history.'' --Hallam.
2. The day when degrees are conferred by colleges and
universities upon students and others.
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| | Related Terms: | | A, alpha, baccalaureate service, beginning, birth, blast-off, celebration, ceremonial, ceremony, conception, convocation, creation, cutting edge, dawn, dawning, derivation, edge, empty formality, establishment, exercise, exercises, flying start, formal, formality, foundation, fresh start, function, genesis, graduation, graduation exercises, grass roots, head, inaugural, inauguration, inception, initiation, institution, jump-off, kick-off, leading edge, liturgy, mummery, new departure, observance, office, oncoming, onset, opening, origin, original, origination, outbreak, outset, outstart, performance, provenience, radical, radix, religious ceremony, rise, rite, rite de passage, rite of passage, ritual, root, running start, send-off, service, setting in motion, setting-up, solemnity, solemnization, source, square one, start, starting point, start-off, stem, stock, take-off, taproot |
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