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commencement::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | beginning, first, get-go, kickoff, offset, outset, showtime, start, starting time |
| Type of | point, point in time |
| Has types | birth, starting point, terminus a quo, threshold, incipience, incipiency |
commencement::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | commencement ceremony, commencement exercise, graduation, graduation exercise |
| Type of | exercise |
commencement::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | beginning, start |
| Type of | change of state |
| Has types | creation, unveiling, attack, constitution, recommencement, resumption, scrum, scrummage, springboard, startup, tone-beginning, activation, debut, entry, establishment, face-off, first appearance, first step, formation, foundation, founding, groundbreaking, groundbreaking ceremony, housing start, icebreaker, inauguration, initiation, initiative, innovation, installation, installing, installment, instalment, instauration, institution, introduction, jump ball, jumping-off point, kickoff, launching, opening, opening move, organisation, organization, origination, point of departure |
| Derivation | commence |
Examples of commencement
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Wickert will deliver the commencement speech to her class of about 200 students.
From the dispatch.com
Southeast High School officials decided to abbreviate the commencement ceremony.
From the kansas.com
May play a collaborative role in planning and executing commencement activities.
From the jobview.monster.com
Her commencement gift for him was a scrapbook titled 500 Reasons Why I Love You.
From the nytimes.com
Commencement speakers remind invariably how today is the beginning, not the end.
From the courier-journal.com
She'll be pronouncing their names and hundreds of others at commencement May 17.
From the usatoday.com
Rishi Moudgil, 27, of Rochester Hills raises a drumstick as commencement begins.
From the freep.com
This was to give a commencement speech at Ursinus College, outside Philadelphia.
From the theatlantic.com
University officials expected 20,000 guests for the chilly morning commencement.
From the denverpost.com
- Beginning: the time at which something is supposed to begin; "they got an early start"; "she knew from the get-go that he was the man for her"
- An academic exercise in which diplomas are conferred
- Beginning: the act of starting something; "he was responsible for the beginning of negotiations"
- (commence) get down: take the first step or steps in carrying out an action; "We began working at dawn"; "Who will start?"; "Get working as soon as the sun rises!"; "The first tourists began to arrive in Cambodia"; "He began early in the day"; "Let's get down to work now"
- (commence) begin: set in motion, cause to start; "The U.S. started a war in the Middle East"; "The Iraqis began hostilities"; "begin a new chapter in your life"
- (commence) start: get off the ground; "Who started this company?"; "We embarked on an exciting enterprise"; "I start my day with a good breakfast"; "We began the new semester"; "The afternoon session begins at 4 PM"; "The blood shed started when the partisans launched a surprise attack"
- Commencement released May 14, 2002 from the rock band, Deadsy. This is the official release of the album, distributed through Dreamworks Records under the Elementree sub-label. ...
- Season four of Smallville, an American television series, began airing on September 22, 2004. The series recounts the early adventures of Kryptonian Clark Kent as he adjusts to life in the fictional town of Smallville, Kansas, during the years before he becomes Superman. ...
- "Commencement" is episode 87 of The West Wing.
