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di·plo·ma

Audio Help [di-ploh-muh] Pronunciation Key noun, plural -mas, Latin -ma·ta

Audio Help [-muh-tuh] Pronunciation Key, verb, -maed, -ma·ing.

–noun

1.	a document given by an educational institution conferring a degree on a person or certifying that the person has satisfactorily completed a course of study.

2.	a document conferring some honor, privilege, or power.

3.	a public or official document, esp. one of historical interest: a diploma from Carolingian times.

–verb (used with object)

4.	to grant or award a diploma to.

[Origin: 1635–45; < L diplōma a letter of recommendation, an official document < Gk díplōma a letter folded double, equiv. to diplō-, var. s. of diploûn to double (deriv. of diplóos; see diplo-) + -ma suffix of result

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di·plo·ma Audio Help (dĭ-plō'mə) Pronunciation Key
n.

A document issued by an educational institution, such as a university, testifying that the recipient has earned a degree or has successfully completed a particular course of study.
A certificate conferring a privilege or honor.
An official document or charter.