COMMENCEMENT
\kəmˈɛnsmənt], \kəmˈɛnsmənt], \k_ə_m_ˈɛ_n_s_m_ə_n_t]\
Definitions of COMMENCEMENT
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- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
- 1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
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the time at which something begins; "They got an early start"
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an academic exercise in which diplomas are conferred
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A beginning; origin.
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A celebration at the close of a college course, when degrees are conferred; also, the day so observed.
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Beginning; rise; origin; first existence; a day on which academic degrees are publicly conferred; also the day when a student is made a bachelor at Cambridge.
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