Definition of "graduation" []

• Conferral or receipt of an academic degree or diploma marking completion of studies. (noun)
• A ceremony at which degrees or diplomas are conferred; a commencement. (noun)
• A division or interval on a graduated scale. (noun)
• A mark indicating the boundary of such an interval. (noun)
• An arrangement in or a division into stages or degrees. (noun)

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• "In a statement this week Somalia's Al-Shabaab released these pictures of what it described as a graduation ceremony of its fresh recruits, trained and ready to head to Yemen to, quote, "Assist in Jihad, the brethren of al Qaeda in the Arabian peninsula.""
• "In a statement this week, Somalia's al-Shabaab released these pictures of what it described as a graduation ceremony of its fresh recruits trained and ready to head to Yemen to "assist in jihad, the brethren of al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula.""
• "Congratulations to Danny on his recent graduation from the Master of Divinity program at Naropa University."