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COMMENCEMENT EXERCISE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does commencement exercise mean?
• COMMENCEMENT EXERCISE (noun)
The noun COMMENCEMENT EXERCISE has 1 sense:
1. an academic exercise in which diplomas are conferred
Familiarity information: COMMENCEMENT EXERCISE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• COMMENCEMENT EXERCISE (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
An academic exercise in which diplomas are conferred
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural events
Synonyms:
commencement; commencement ceremony; commencement exercise; graduation; graduation exercise
Hypernyms ("commencement exercise" is a kind of...):
exercise ((usually plural) a ceremony that involves processions and speeches)
Meronyms (parts of "commencement exercise"):
baccalaureate (a farewell sermon to a graduating class at their commencement ceremonies)
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