GRADUATION Synonyms

• the action of accomplishing something

• the act of achieving an aim

• arrival at a new stage

• an ability that has been acquired by training

• (American football) a successful forward pass in football

• a concluding action

• a final climactic stage

• (astronomy) a heavenly body's highest celestial point above an observer's horizon

• the decisive moment in a novel or play

• a concluding action

• a decorative texture or appearance of a surface (or the substance that gives it that appearance)

• the act of finishing

• an ordered reference standard

• relative magnitude

• the ratio between the size of something and a representation of it

• a specialized leaf or bract that protects a bud or catkin

• a thin flake of dead epidermis shed from the surface of the skin

• (music) a series of notes differing in pitch according to a specific scheme (usually within an octave)

• a measuring instrument for weighing; shows amount of mass

• an indicator having a graduated sequence of marks

• a metal sheathing of uniform thickness (such as the shield attached to an artillery piece to protect the gunners)

• a flattened rigid plate forming part of the body covering of many animals

• measure by or as if by a scale

• pattern, make, regulate, set, measure, or estimate according to some rate or standard

• take by attacking with scaling ladders

• reach the highest point of

• climb up by means of a ladder

• remove the scales from

• measure with or as if with scales

• size or measure according to a scale

• relative position in a graded series

• a degree of ablaut

• the act of arranging in grades

• an academic exercise in which diplomas are conferred

• an academic exercise in which diplomas are conferred

• an academic exercise in which diplomas are conferred