graduation
graduation は英検3級・TOEIC 730レベルの英単語で、「卒業」という意味があります。発音記号は /ˌɡrædʒuˈeɪʃən/ です。
卒業
解説 Definition
学校や大学での教育課程を完了することです。卒業式を経てその学校を離れることを指します。
Graduation is the completion of a course of study at a school, college, or university. It can also refer to the ceremony held to celebrate finishing your studies.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
graduate を知っていれば、その出来事・結果を名詞にしたのが graduation。-ation は「行為・出来事」を表す形が多く、inform→information などと同じ見方で覚えると定着しやすい。grade（学年・成績）を一つずつ上がり、最後に到達する場面を思い浮かべるとよい。high school graduation, college graduation, graduation ceremony が頻出。graduate は「卒業する／卒業生」、graduation は「卒業という出来事」と分けると混同しにくい。
Start from `graduate`, then add `-ion`, which often turns an action into a noun. So `graduation` is the event, while `graduate` is the person or the action. It is easy to remember in common phrases like `graduation ceremony` and `high school graduation`.
例文
My sister's graduation from university is next month.
私の姉の大学卒業は来月です。
After graduation, he got a job at a big company.
卒業後、彼は大きな会社で仕事を得ました。
The graduation ceremony was held in the school auditorium.
卒業式は学校の講堂で開催されました。
graduation の類義語・関連語
graduation の語源・成り立ち Etymology
graduation はラテン語 gradus「段・一歩」が核で、graduate に名詞化の -ation が付いた語です。grade, gradual, retrograde も同じ語根で、卒業が「学びの階段を一段上がること」だと見えてきます。
"Graduation" comes from "graduate," which is based on Latin "gradus," meaning "step" or "degree." The same root appears in words like "grade," "gradual," and "retrograde." The idea behind the word is moving forward by steps, which later became the image of finishing a stage of study.
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