Definition of Commencement

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Definition of Commencement
	Commencement The first existence of anything; act or fact of commencing; rise; origin; beginning; start. The day when degrees are conferred by colleges and universities upon students and others. Related Definitions: Act, And, Anything, Are, Beginning, By, Commencing, Conferred, Day, Existence, Fact, First, Of, Or, Origin, Rise, Start, The, Universities, Upon, When

Commencement Quotations

A graduation ceremony is an event where the commencement speaker tells thousands of students dressed in identical caps and gowns that 'individuality' is the key to success.
Robert Orben

The commencement speech is not, I think, a wholly satisfactory manifestation of our culture.
John Kenneth Galbraith

Nothing is as easy to make as a promise this winter to do something next summer; this is how commencement speakers are caught.
Sydney J. Harris

The whole of that part of Southern Africa which is controlled by racial minorities is experiencing either consistent and regular guerilla activity or is faced with advanced preparation for its commencement.
Joe Slovo

The year 1826 was remarkable for the commencement of one of those fearful droughts to which we have reason to believe the climate of New South Wales is periodically subject.
Charles Sturt

It was a myth that's often perpetuated at commencement that holds that only hope and promise lie beyond the halls of academe. Don't worry, be happy. Everything is fine.
Paul Tsongas

A commencement is a time of joy. It is also a time of melancholy. But then again, so is life.
Paul Tsongas

Commencement speeches were invented largely in the belief that outgoing college students should never be released into the world until they have been properly sedated.
G. B. Trudeau

Commencement Translations

commencement in Afrikaans is begin
commencement in Danish is begyndelse
commencement in Dutch is begin, ontstaan, aanvang
commencement in Finnish is alku
commencement in Latin is initium
commencement in Spanish is comienzo
commencement in Swedish is skolavslutning

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