View synonyms for magna cum laude

magna cum laude

[ mahg-nuh koom lou-dey, -duh, -dee; mag-nuh kuhm law-dee ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

adverb

with great praise: used in diplomas to grant the next-to-highest of three special honors for grades above the average.

magna cum laude

/ ˈmæɡnə kʊm ˈlaʊdeɪ /

See summa cum laude, cum laude
with great praise: the second of three designations for above-average achievement in examinations Compare cum laude summa cum laude

First recorded in 1895–1900, magna cum laude is from Latin magnā cum laude

Latin

Trotter graduated magna cum laude from Harvard and became the first black man named to Phi Beta Kappa.

She graduated from her undergraduate program magna cum laude.

Harman is a magna cum laude graduate of Smith College, where she was elected to Phi Beta Kappa, and Harvard Law School.

Bogert holds an M.A. in East Asian Studies and a B.A. magna cum laude from Harvard University.

These are indicated as "plain," "cum laude," "magna cum laude" and "summa cum laude."

You graduated magna cum laude and I had to work like a horse to slide by.

April 23, 2024inveterate

[in-vet-er-it ]

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