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commencement

 noun
     
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com‧mence‧ment formal
1 [uncountable] the beginning of something
commencement of
the commencement of building work
2 [uncountable and countable] American EnglishSEC a ceremony at which university, college, or high school students receive their diplomas [= graduation]
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