Definition of commencements Commencements
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Wiktionary 
- commencements (Noun)
Plural of commencement.
Part of speech
🔤- commencements, noun, plural of commencement.
WordNet
NounPlural: commencements |
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| commencement - an academic exercise in which diplomas are conferred | ||
| commencement exercise, commencement ceremony, graduation, graduation exercise | ||
| exercise the activity of exerting your muscles in various ways to keep fit; "the doctor recommended regular exercise"; "he did some exercising"; "the physical exertion required by his work kept him fit" | ||
| commencement - the act of starting something; "he was responsible for the beginning of negotiations" | ||
| beginning, start | ||
| finishing, finish the act of finishing; "his best finish in a major tournament was third"; "the speaker's finishing was greeted with applause" | ||
| change of state the act of changing something into something different in essential characteristics | ||
| jumping-off point, point of departure, springboard a beginning from which an enterprise is launched; "he uses other people's ideas as a springboard for his own"; "reality provides the jumping-off point for his illusions"; "the point of departure of international comparison cannot be an institution but must be the function it carries out" | ||
| activation making active and effective (as a bomb) | ||
| tone-beginning, attack a decisive manner of beginning a musical tone or phrase | ||
| constitution, establishment, formation, organisation, organization the act of forming or establishing something; "the constitution of a PTA group last year"; "it was the establishment of his reputation"; "he still remembers the organization of the club" | ||
| first appearance, debut, unveiling, launching, entry, introduction the presentation of a debutante in society | ||
| face-off (ice hockey) the method of starting play; a referee drops the puck between two opposing players | ||
| first step, opening move, initiative, opening the first of a series of actions | ||
| groundbreaking, groundbreaking ceremony the ceremonial breaking of the ground to formally begin a construction project | ||
| housing start the act of starting to construct a house | ||
| icebreaker a beginning that relaxes a tense or formal atmosphere; "he told jokes as an icebreaker" | ||
| inauguration, startup the act of starting a new operation or practice; "he opposed the inauguration of fluoridation"; "the startup of the new factory was delayed by strikes" | ||
| founding, instauration, origination, innovation, initiation, institution, creation, foundation, introduction the act of starting something for the first time; introducing something new; "she looked forward to her initiation as an adult"; "the foundation of a new scientific society" | ||
| installing, installation, instalment, installment the act of installing something (as equipment); "the telephone installation took only a few minutes" | ||
| jump ball (basketball) the way play begins or resumes when possession is disputed; an official tosses the ball up between two players who jump in an effort to tap it to a teammate | ||
| kickoff (football) a kick from the center of the field to start a football game or to resume it after a score | ||
| recommencement, resumption beginning again | ||
| scrum, scrummage (rugby) the method of beginning play in which the forwards of each team crouch side by side with locked arms; play starts when the ball is thrown in between them and the two sides compete for possession | ||
| commencement - 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" | ||
| beginning, first, outset, get-go, start, kickoff, starting time, showtime, offset | ||
| middle the middle area of the human torso (usually in front); "young American women believe that a bare midriff is fashionable" | ||
| ending, end the end of a word (a suffix or inflectional ending or final morpheme); "I don't like words that have -ism as an ending" | ||
| point in time, point sharp end; "he stuck the point of the knife into a tree"; "he broke the point of his pencil" | ||
| birth the event of being born; "they celebrated the birth of their first child" | ||
| incipience, incipiency beginning to exist or to be apparent; "he placed the incipience of democratic faith at around 1850"; "it is designed to arrest monopolies in their incipiency" | ||
| starting point, terminus a quo earliest limiting point | ||
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Wiktionary
- commencement (Noun)
The first existence of anything; act or fact of commencing; rise; origin; beginning; start. - commencement (Noun)
The day when degrees are conferred by colleges and universities upon students and others. - commencement (Noun)
A graduation ceremony, from a school, college or university.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- commencement (n.)
The first existence of anything; act or fact of commencing; rise; origin; beginning; start. - commencement (n.)
The day when degrees are conferred by colleges and universities upon students and others.
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commencement
The beginning of an activity or event.
Part of speech
🔤- commencement, noun, singular of commencements.
