Commencement

//kəˈmɛnsmənt//

Synonyms for "commencement" (107 found)

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Translations

45 translations across 17 languages.

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Arabic

1 entries
  • فاتِحَة noun (an act of commencing or beginning)

Armenian

1 entries
  • սկիզբ noun (an act of commencing or beginning)

Chinese Mandarin

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  • 畢業典禮 /毕业典礼 noun (graduation ceremony)

Dutch

2 entries
  • aanvang noun (an act of commencing or beginning)
  • afsluitceremonie noun (graduation ceremony)

Finnish

4 entries
  • alku noun (an act of commencing or beginning)
  • aloitus noun (an act of commencing or beginning)
  • promootio noun (graduation ceremony)
  • valmistujaiset noun (graduation ceremony)

Hindi

2 entries
  • आरंभ noun (an act of commencing or beginning)
  • प्रारंभ noun (an act of commencing or beginning)

Indonesian

2 entries
  • wisuda noun (day degrees are conferred)
  • wisuda noun (graduation ceremony)

Japanese

1 entries
  • 卒業式 noun (graduation ceremony)

Malay

4 entries
  • hari konvo noun (day degrees are conferred)
  • istiadat konvokesyen noun (graduation ceremony)
  • konvokesyen noun (day degrees are conferred)
  • majlis graduasi noun (graduation ceremony)

Māori

3 entries
  • atinga noun (an act of commencing or beginning)
  • tīmatanga noun (an act of commencing or beginning)
  • ōrokotīmatanga noun (an act of commencing or beginning)

Plautdietsch

1 entries
  • Aunfank noun (an act of commencing or beginning)

Polish

3 entries
  • ceremonia rozdania dyplomów noun (graduation ceremony)
  • dzień rozdania dyplomów noun (day degrees are conferred)
  • rozpoczęcie noun (an act of commencing or beginning)

Portuguese

3 entries
  • começo noun (an act of commencing or beginning)
  • formatura noun (graduation ceremony)
  • início noun (an act of commencing or beginning)

Russian

1 entries
  • нача́ло noun (an act of commencing or beginning)

Sanskrit

2 entries
  • आद noun (an act of commencing or beginning)
  • आरम्भ noun (an act of commencing or beginning)

Spanish

4 entries
  • comenzamiento noun (an act of commencing or beginning)
  • comienzo noun (an act of commencing or beginning)
  • incoación noun (an act of commencing or beginning)
  • inicio noun (an act of commencing or beginning)

Vietnamese

3 entries
  • bắt đầu noun (an act of commencing or beginning)
  • lễ ra trường noun (graduation ceremony)
  • lễ tốt nghiệp noun (graduation ceremony)

Sample sentences

7 total sentences available.

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With North Korea's announcement on the 26th of its nuclear development plan based upon the agreement stemming from the Six Party Talks, and the United States' commencement of procedures to remove North Korea from its designation on the list of State Sponsors of Terrorism, the families of abductees have expressed growing unease that it may constitute an abandonment of the abductee issue.

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Commencement is typically the first or second Saturday in April.

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Tom gave the commencement address.

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This event, also called commencement, is where schools recognize the students who successfully completed their degree programs.

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