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Graduation is an English word with synonyms like completion or gradation. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.

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Graduation in a sentence

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Graduation meaning

  1. The action or process of graduating and receiving a diploma for completing a course of study (such as from an educational institution).
  2. A commencement ceremony.
  3. The action or process of leaving a group.

Synonyms of Graduation

completion gradation line exercise graduation exercise commencement ceremony commencement exercise commencement mop up windup closing culmination quantification

Using Graduation

  • The main meaning on this page is: 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. | The action or process of leaving a group.
  • Useful related words include: completion, gradation, line, exercise.
  • In the example corpus, graduation often appears in combinations such as: after graduation, graduation ceremony, the graduation.

Context around Graduation

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 29.7 words
  • Position in the sentence: 7 start, 13 middle, 0 end
  • Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Corpus analysis for Graduation

  • In this selection, "graduation" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 29.7 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, year, 2020, grade, rates, ceremony and rate stand out and add context to how "graduation" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include at the graduation ceremony and 1 was graduation day for. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "graduation" sits close to words such as briefing, riders and accounting, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with graduation

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

I got one of those as a graduation present the morning of my college graduation. (15 words)

This year’s 92 percent graduation rate exceeds Maine’s average four-year high school graduation rate of 87 percent. (20 words)

For transfer students, the goal is to raise two-year graduation rates to 45% and four-year graduation rates to 85%. (21 words)

The UN’s 2018 triennial review of Laos’ LDC status found that the country is eligible for graduation for the first time, having passed thresholds for two of the three graduation criteria: gross national income per capita and the human assets index. (42 words)

But opponents have said removing the test as a graduation requirement would get rid of Massachusetts’ only statewide standard for completing high school and could lead some school districts to lower their standards in order to boost graduation rates. (39 words)

According to Johnson, the gap in graduation rates for the cohort coming in in 2012 — one year after the cohort in Kelchen’s data — was 14 percentage points, with a 59 percent six-year graduation rate for Pell students. (39 words)

Example sentences (20)

In other business, Council agreed to once again support the eighth grade graduation ceremonies at Hyland Heights School, by purchasing the graduation awards for Art and for Science and to present these awards at the graduation ceremony.

A boy practices receiving a graduation certificate on March 6 at an elementary school in the city of Fukuoka, ahead of a graduation ceremony.

For transfer students, the goal is to raise two-year graduation rates to 45% and four-year graduation rates to 85%.

Graduation for the class of 2023 was also notable because it was the last Highland Park graduation the district’s eighth superintendent, Dr. Tom Trigg.

I got one of those as a graduation present the morning of my college graduation.

Male graduates from ITE's December 2020 graduation cohort and the polytechnics’ March 2021 graduation cohorts, who will join the nursing workforce this year after their National Service (NS) obligations, are also eligible for the bonus.

Maricopa fared much worse than most school districts in Pinal County, where graduation rates on average fell less than 5%; and in Arizona where graduation rates fell on average just 1%.

Taking to social media, Cuppy shared graduation pictures of herself with her parents, Femi and Nana Otedola including her fiancé, Ryan Taylor, at the graduation ceremony.

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As valedictorian and salutatorian, they will address their peers at graduation, with Foran and Berkowitz having the honor of delivering a speech at the graduation ceremony, currently set for June 10.

But opponents have said removing the test as a graduation requirement would get rid of Massachusetts’ only statewide standard for completing high school and could lead some school districts to lower their standards in order to boost graduation rates.

Dozens were arrested after Columbia University students last week, the graduation ceremony at the University of Michigan was dozens were arrested at the University of Virginia’s graduation.

The ranking factors for this national universities category this year were based on the graduation rates and graduation performance of Pell Grant-awarded students.

This year’s 92 percent graduation rate exceeds Maine’s average four-year high school graduation rate of 87 percent.

Even if ceremonies have been postponed or cancelled altogether, graduation has never been more important — and during the 2020 graduation season, young scholars are looking for new ways to celebrate this rite.

May 1 was graduation day for Hall Jr. and his class, but he wasn’t able to attend the graduation with his classmates due to the loss of his father, Mark Hall Sr.

Recently my school sent a letter saying we might have a graduation virtually, which makes me feel sad because it’s not the same energy as an actual graduation.

The UN’s 2018 triennial review of Laos’ LDC status found that the country is eligible for graduation for the first time, having passed thresholds for two of the three graduation criteria: gross national income per capita and the human assets index.

While the world-wide pandemic has brought large gatherings and events such as graduation celebrations to a halt, Peace Community Center organized a virtual graduation celebration to ensure this momentous event did not go unrecognized.

According to Johnson, the gap in graduation rates for the cohort coming in in 2012 — one year after the cohort in Kelchen’s data — was 14 percentage points, with a 59 percent six-year graduation rate for Pell students.

As for whether the student can walk at graduation, the principal says the student will be allowed and that he was participating in a graduation practice today.

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Common combinations with graduation

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "graduation" in a sentence?
An example: "In other business, Council agreed to once again support the eighth grade graduation ceremonies at Hyland Heights School, by purchasing the graduation awards for Art and for Science and to present these awards at the graduation ceremony." This page contains 10+ example sentences with the word "graduation" from authentic English texts.
What does "graduation" mean?
Graduation means: The action or process of graduating and receiving a diploma for completing a course of study (such as from an educational institution).
What are synonyms of "graduation"?
Common synonyms of "graduation" include: completion, gradation, line, exercise, graduation exercise, commencement ceremony, commencement exercise, commencement. Plus 5 more synonyms.
How many example sentences with "graduation" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains at least 10+ example sentences with "graduation", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.