WordNet
n. an academic exercise in which diplomas are conferred [syn: commencement, commencement exercise, commencement ceremony, graduation]
Usage examples of "graduation exercise".
A graduation exercise was not exactly his idea of a good time, even if, as she said, he would be expected to sit on the stage in his uniform.
The still had apparently been taken at a Police Academy graduation exercise.
The assignment to clear the Montague System of the ragtag remnants of Citizen General Adrian Carson's forces had been the commodore's first real solo operation, and it sounded as if he'd passed his graduation exercise with flying colors.
The magical transfer had been a kind of graduation exercise for him-not to prove to Savil that he could do it, but to prove his ability - and his training-to the rest of the Herald-Mages.
The magical transfer had been a kind of graduation exercise for himnot to prove to Savil that he could do it, but to prove his abilityand his trainingto the rest of the Herald-Mages.
The pupils of this death academy would be intended for some special post-graduation exercise.
Fail the graduation exercise, get her Master killed, and wind up nearly eaten by a bunch of blind monsters.