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)