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English

Etymology

Abbreviation of promenade.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /p??m/
• (UK) IPA^(key): /p??m/
• Rhymes: -?m

Noun

prom (plural proms)

1. (Britain) a promenade concert
2. (Britain, abbreviation) promenade
3. (US) a formal ball held at a high school or college on special occasions, e.g. near the end of the academic year

Derived terms

• high school prom / high-school prom / highschool prom
• prom king / prom queen
• promposal

Translations

Anagrams

• romp

Latvian

Adverb

prom

1. away
2. off

Synonyms

• proj?m

Polish

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *porm?.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pr?m/

Noun

prom m inan

1. ferry
2. (astronautics) shuttle

Declension

Further reading

• prom in Wielki s?ownik j?zyka polskiego, Instytut J?zyka Polskiego PAN
• prom in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Volapük

Noun

prom (nominative plural proms)

1. promise

Declension

West Frisian

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /prom/

Noun

prom c (plural prommen, diminutive promke)

1. (Clay) plum

Alternative forms

• prûm (Wood)

Further reading

• “prom”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011

English

Etymology

graduate +? -ation

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /???æd?u?e???n/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /???ædju?e???n/
• Rhymes: -e???n

Noun

graduation (countable and uncountable, plural graduations)

1. The action or process of graduating and receiving a diploma for completing a course of study (such as from an educational institution).

2. A commencement ceremony.
3. (sciences) A marking (e.g., on a container) indicating a measurement, usually one of many such markings that are each separated by a constant interval.

   Synonym: scale

4. The exposure of a liquid in large surfaces to the air, so as to hasten its evaporation.

Synonyms

(from uni):

• ????

Translations

References

Anagrams

• argonautid

French

Noun

graduation f (plural graduations)

1. graduation sense #3 (A marking (e.g., on a container) indicating a measurement, usually one of many such markings that are each separated by a constant interval)
2. The process of creating such markings.
3. Encoding of a sound or image producing a digital signal of which one may use a greater or lesser part corresponding to better or worse quality.