diploma
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.
a document conferring some honor, privilege, or power.
a public or official document, especially one of historical interest: a diploma from Carolingian times.
to grant or award a diploma to.
Origin of diploma
1Other words from diploma
- pre·di·plo·ma, noun
- un·di·plo·maed, adjective
Words that may be confused with diploma
- certificate, degree, diploma , license
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How to use diploma in a sentence
We may add that it is contemporaneous with the appearance of royal diplomata couched in the vernacular language.
Domesday Book and Beyond | Frederic William MaitlandWe merely point out that the diplomata of Edward the Confessor and his Norman successors tend to conform to two distinct types.
Domesday Book and Beyond | Frederic William MaitlandGlavnyj uspeh v politike zakljuchaetsja v tajne eja predprijatij: slovo ne dolzhno soglasovat'sja s dejstvijami diplomata.
The History of a Lie | Herman Bernstein
British Dictionary definitions for diploma
/ (dɪˈpləʊmə) /
a document conferring a qualification, recording success in examinations or successful completion of a course of study
an official document that confers an honour or privilege
Origin of diploma
1Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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