Graduations

What do we mean by graduations?

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

A commencement ceremony.

A marking (e.g., on a container) indicating a measurement, usually one of many such markings that are each separated by a constant interval.

The exposure of a liquid in large surfaces to the air, so as to hasten its evaporation.

The best known cure to senioritis and similar diseases. Side effects include long gowns, flat square-shaped hats, diplomas, responsibility, college, and/or career. Urban Dictionary

Can be either the greatest moment or the saddest. I thought it would be the greatest but looking back I would give up everything just for one day back in school. Crushes, unfairness, homework, love, friends, idiot teachers, recess, lunch, all that stuff. I miss it all. I find it strange to be looking back right now on this. But I guess the saying they say is true. "You never knew how much fun being a kid really was until your older." Urban Dictionary

The day you realize you just spent 13 years of your life to walk across a stage wearing a funny looking hat to get a piece of paper. Urban Dictionary

This is it. You’ve made it. You survived high school. And now (hopefully) you’ll go on to do better and brighter things in life. You either go to college, the military, or just simply work at one of your parents jobs. Either way. What ever you end up doing you’ll either love it or hate it. Good luck. Urban Dictionary

A ceremony in which all participants are wearing identical caps and identical gowns. The class speaker will usually state that the key to success is individuality. Urban Dictionary

The best/worst thing for a high-schooler to experience before they take their leap into the real world. A last chance for friends/crushes/acquaintances/etc. to get together for the last time, and, hopefully, get phone numbers/e-mail addresses/Myspaces to talk to each other after they all leave high school. Urban Dictionary

The 1967 classic starring Dustin Hoffman, Anne Bancroft, and Katherine Ross. The Graduate is about a recent college graduate (Hoffman) who is seduced by the wife (Bancroft) of his father's business partner, then ends up falling in love with her daughter (Ross). Anne Bancroft's character became one of the most famous characters in movie history, Mrs. Robinson. The popular song "Mrs. Robinson" by Simon and Garfunkel was used in the movie. It was based on a book by Charles Webb with the same title written in 1963. Urban Dictionary

When all you have to do to make your family cry is sit, stand, and walk Urban Dictionary

This is the day you leave high school with a diploma, and many gaping wounds and/or emotional pain/catharsis. Urban Dictionary

The exact definition of Graduation is catch 22. Just a giant clusterfuck of emotions in which you don't know whether to be happy or sad. Nervous, or excited. Ugh. Graduation sucks. Urban Dictionary

Words that are spelled similarly to graduations:
graduations, graduation, gradations, gradation, graduating, granulations, radiations, traductions.

Words that rhyme with graduations:
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Adjectives that are often used to describe graduations:
high, many, fine, various, different, finer, intermediate, metric, several, major, successive, subtle, regular, main, smallest, corresponding, public, total, black, annual, angular, inch, accurate, spaced, uniform, etched, equal, actual, smaller, minute, vertical, usual, primary, respective, horizontal, additional, minor, proper, adjacent, consecutive, following, infinite, scale, logarithmic, upper, possible, linear, tertiary, secondary, suitable, incorrect, outside, finest, imperceptible, insensible, wide, future, medical, extreme, marked, standard, larger, equidistant, double, opposite, foot, coarser, tonal, decimal, degree, slow, readable, appropriate, imperfect, circular, even, exposed, coarse, longer, correct, arbitrary, sub.

Nouns that are often described by the adjective graduations:
lie.

Words that sound like graduations:
graduations, graduation, graduation day, graduating, gradations, gratulation, graduation cap, creations, situations, segregations.