pregraduation
uˈeɪ noun
1.
an act of graduating; the state of being graduated.
2.
the ceremony of conferring degrees or diplomas, as at a college or school.
3.
arrangement in degrees, levels, or ranks.
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is always a great word to know.
So is ninnyhammer. Does it mean:
| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
| a fool or simpleton; ninny. |
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| —n | |
| 1. | the act of graduating or the state of being graduated |
| 2. | the ceremony at which school or college degrees and diplomas are conferred |
| 3. | a mark or division or all the marks or divisions that indicate measure on an instrument or vessel |
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Word Origin & History
graduation
late 15c., in alchemy, "tempering, refining of something to a certain degree," from graduate (q.v.). General sense of "dividing into degrees" is from 1590s; meaning "action of receiving or giving an academic degree" is from 1630s; in reference to the ceremony where a degree is given, from 1850s.
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