Associations to the word «Commencement»
Noun
- Keynote
- Admiralty
- Hostility
- Oration
- Graduation
- Si
- Ceremony
- Tacoma
- Inauguration
- Mater
- Address
- Baccalaureate
- Act
- Doctorate
- Termination
- Alma
- Exercise
- Speaker
- Pension
- Provision
- Guernsey
- Graduate
- Apprenticeship
- Saving
- Kenyon
- Persons
- Memoir
- Epoch
- Scotland
- No
- Repeal
- Asylum
- Wellesley
- Speech
- Lending
- Regeneration
- Amendment
- Reign
- Immigration
- Undertaking
- Ordinance
- Claimant
- Dartmouth
- Harvard
- Debtor
- Diploma
- Copyright
- Redress
- Assent
- Marshall
- Laws
- Defamation
- Session
- Close
- Order
- Homecoming
- Completion
- Alumnus
- Proceeding
- Enactment
- Duc
- Adoption
- Senior
- Undergraduate
- Reform
- Justice
- Westerly
- Betting
- Barnard
- Au
- Wales
Adjective
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.
Dictionary definition
COMMENCEMENT, noun. 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".
COMMENCEMENT, noun. An academic exercise in which diplomas are conferred.
COMMENCEMENT, noun. The act of starting something; "he was responsible for the beginning of negotiations".
Wise words
In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike
fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the
new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.