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COMMENCEMENT meaning: 1. the beginning of something: 2. a ceremony at which students formally receive their degrees 3…. Learn more.
A commencement is the act of starting out, or blazing a new trail. The suffix -ment makes the word commencement a noun — a thing, an activity, a start. The word can be used for the beginning of anything, from a business meeting to a vacation trip to a marriage.
COMMENCEMENT meaning: 1 : the time when something begins beginning usually + of; 2 : a ceremony during which degrees or diplomas are given to students who have graduated from a school or college often used before another noun.
Synonyms for COMMENCEMENT: beginning, start, inception, onset, launch, alpha, outset, genesis; Antonyms of COMMENCEMENT: end, conclusion, ending, close, period, completion, termination, cessation.
4 days ago · 1. uncountable noun. The commencement of something is its beginning. [formal] All should be at least 16 years of age at the commencement of this course. [ + of] Synonyms: beginning, start, opening, launch More Synonyms of commencement. 2. variable noun [usually NOUN noun]
com•mence•ment (kə mens′ mənt), n. an act or instance of commencing; beginning: the commencement of hostilities. the ceremony of conferring degrees or granting diplomas at the end of the academic year. the day on which this ceremony takes place. Anglo-French, Old French. See commence, - ment. Middle English 1225–75.
Definition of commencement noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
