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Meaning of commencement


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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  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" [syn: {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 [syn:
         {commencement}, {commencement exercise}, {commencement
         ceremony}, {graduation}, {graduation exercise}]
      3: the act of starting something; "he was responsible for the
         beginning of negotiations" [syn: {beginning}, {start},
         {commencement}] [ant: {finish}, {finishing}]


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