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Definition of commencement noun from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

commencement

noun

NAmE//kəˈmɛnsmənt//

[uncountable, countable, usually singular]

1(formal) beginning the commencement of the financial year

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2a ceremony at which students receive their academic degrees or diploma synonym graduation

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