ALL meanings of commencement
com·mence·ment
C c - uncountable noun commencement The commencement of something is its beginning. 3
- variable noun commencement Commencement is a ceremony at a university, college, or high school at which students formally receive their degrees or diplomas. 3
- noun commencement the beginning; start 3
- noun commencement a ceremony for the presentation of awards at secondary schools 3
- noun commencement a ceremony for the conferment of academic degrees 3
- noun commencement the act or time of commencing; beginning; start 3
- noun commencement the ceremonies at which degrees or diplomas are conferred at a school or college 3
- noun commencement the day when this takes place 3
- noun commencement graduation ceremony 1
- noun commencement beginning of sth 1
- noun commencement A beginning or start. 1
- noun commencement an act or instance of commencing; beginning: the commencement of hostilities. 1
- noun commencement the ceremony of conferring degrees or granting diplomas at the end of the academic year. 1
- noun commencement the day on which this ceremony takes place. 1
- noun commencement The first existence of anything; act or fact of commencing; rise; origin; beginning; start. 0
- noun commencement The day when degrees are conferred by colleges and universities upon students and others. 0
- noun commencement A graduation ceremony, from a school, college or university. 0