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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, especially one of historical interest: a diploma from Carolingian times.
verb (used with object)
4.
to grant or award a diploma to.
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Diploma
is always a great word to know.
So is antonomasia. Does it mean:
| the use of a word in a sense opposite to its proper meaning |
| the identification of a person by an epithet or appellative that is not the person's name, such as 'his lordship' |
Origin:
1635–45; < Latin diplōma a letter of recommendation, an official document < Greek díplōma a letter folded double, equivalent to diplō-, variant stem of diploûn to double (derivative of diplóos; see diplo-) + -ma suffix of result
1635–45; < Latin diplōma a letter of recommendation, an official document < Greek díplōma a letter folded double, equivalent to diplō-, variant stem of diploûn to double (derivative of diplóos; see diplo-) + -ma suffix of result
Related forms
pre·di·plo·ma, noun
un·di·plo·maed, adjective
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- Instead, he is sitting at home with a diploma that is.
- Mississippi higher-education officials, alarmed that online diploma mills may be.
- Some students will first have to spend two years working on a master's degree or diploma.
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Word Origin & History
diploma
1640s, from L. diploma, from Gk. diploma "license, chart," originally "paper folded double," from diploun "to double, fold over," from diplos "double" + -oma. Specific academic sense is 1680s in English.
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