1. (

• graduation ,

) the successful completion of a program of study ;

2. (

• commencement ,
• commencement_exercise ,
• commencement_ceremony ,
• graduation ,
• graduation_exercise

) an academic exercise in which diplomas are conferred ;

3. (

• graduation

) a line (as on a vessel or ruler) that marks a measurement; "the ruler had 16 graduations per inch" ;

4. (

• gradation ,
• graduation

) the act of arranging in grades ;