English noun: academic degree |
1. | academic degree (communication) an award conferred by a college or university signifying that the recipient has satisfactorily completed a course of study |
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| Samples | He earned his degree at Princeton summa cum laude.
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| Synonyms | degree |
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| Broader (hypernym) | accolade, award, honor, honour, laurels |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | associate, associate degree, baccalaureate, bachelor's degree, doctor's degree, doctorate, honorary degree, honoris causa, honours, honours degree, law degree, master's degree |
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