- graduation - the successful completion of a program of study
--1 is a kind of completion, culmination, closing, windup, mop up
Derived forms: verb graduate2, verb graduate1 - commencement, commencement exercise, commencement ceremony, graduation, graduation exercise - an academic exercise in which diplomas are conferred
--2 is a kind of exercise
--2 has parts: baccalaureateDerived forms: verb graduate2, verb graduate1 - graduation - a line (as on a vessel or ruler) that marks a measurement; "the ruler had 16 graduations per inch"
--3 is a kind of line
Derived form: verb graduate3 - gradation, graduation - the act of arranging in grades
--4 is a kind of quantification
--4 has particulars: shading, blending