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
Occasionally in life there are those moments of unutterable
fulfillment which cannot be completely explained by those
symbols called words. Their meanings can only be articulated
by the inaudible language of the heart.