commencement 音标拼音: [kəm'ɛnsmənt]
n . 开始,着手;毕业典礼,授奖典礼
开始,着手;毕业典礼,授奖典礼
commencement n 1 :
the time at which something is supposed to begin ; "
they got an early start "; "
she knew from the get -
go that he was the man for her " [
synonym : {
beginning }, {
commencement }, {
first },
{
outset }, {
get -
go }, {
start }, {
kickoff }, {
starting time },
{
showtime }, {
offset }] [
ant : {
end }, {
ending }, {
middle }]
2 :
an academic exercise in which diplomas are conferred [
synonym :
{
commencement }, {
commencement exercise }, {
commencement ceremony }, {
graduation }, {
graduation exercise }]
3 :
the act of starting something ; "
he was responsible for the beginning of negotiations " [
synonym : {
beginning }, {
start },
{
commencement }] [
ant : {
finish }, {
finishing }]
Commencement \
Com *
mence "
ment \,
n . [
F .
commencement .]
1 .
The first existence of anything ;
act or fact of commencing ;
rise ;
origin ;
beginning ;
start .
[
1913 Webster ]
The time of Henry VII . . . .
nearly coincides with the commencement of what is termed "
modern history ."
--
Hallam .
[
1913 Webster ]
2 .
The day when degrees are conferred by colleges and universities upon students and others .
[
1913 Webster ]
81 Moby Thesaurus words for "
commencement ":
A ,
alpha ,
baccalaureate service ,
beginning ,
birth ,
blast -
off ,
celebration ,
ceremonial ,
ceremony ,
conception ,
convocation ,
creation ,
cutting edge ,
dawn ,
dawning ,
derivation ,
edge ,
empty formality ,
establishment ,
exercise ,
exercises ,
flying start ,
formal ,
formality ,
foundation ,
fresh start ,
function ,
genesis ,
graduation ,
graduation exercises ,
grass roots ,
head ,
inaugural ,
inauguration ,
inception ,
initiation ,
institution ,
jump -
off ,
kick -
off ,
leading edge ,
liturgy ,
mummery ,
new departure ,
observance ,
office ,
oncoming ,
onset ,
opening ,
origin ,
original ,
origination ,
outbreak ,
outset ,
outstart ,
performance ,
provenience ,
radical ,
radix ,
religious ceremony ,
rise ,
rite ,
rite de passage ,
rite of passage ,
ritual ,
root ,
running start ,
send -
off ,
service ,
setting in motion ,
setting -
up ,
solemnity ,
solemnization ,
source ,
square one ,
start ,
start -
off ,
starting point ,
stem ,
stock ,
take -
off ,
taproot
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