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Synonyms for diploma

Grammar : Noun
Spell : dih-ploh-muh
Phonetic Transcription : dɪˈploʊ mə

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Définition of diploma

Origin :
  • 1640s, "state paper, official document," from Latin diploma, from Greek diploma "license, chart," originally "paper folded double," from diploun "to double, fold over," from diploos "double" (see diploid) + -oma. Specific academic sense is 1680s in English.
  • noun certificate for achievement
Example sentences :
  • "That don't seem to line up with the doctor's diploma," commented Weary.
  • Extract from : « Chip, of the Flying U » by B. M. Bower
  • He's right out of medical school and is just as fresh as his diploma.
  • Extract from : « The Depot Master » by Joseph C. Lincoln
  • I think I saw a German diploma amongst the papers you forwarded to our committee?
  • Extract from : « One Of Them » by Charles James Lever
  • If a popular vote had been necessary, not one of them would yet have her diploma.
  • Extract from : « The History of Woman Suffrage, Volume IV » by Various
  • "Tell us," said Phyllis laboriously, "about diploma——" and there it stuck.
  • Extract from : « Punch, Or The London Charivari, Vol 150, February 9, 1916 » by Various
  • In 1829 he obtained his diploma from the Royal College of Surgeons.
  • Extract from : « The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volume VI » by Various
  • His future job depended on his diploma—and his girl depended on his job.
  • Extract from : « In a Little Town » by Rupert Hughes
  • I'd rather never get a diploma than go back to old Rosenthal.
  • Extract from : « The Forbidden Trail » by Honor Willsie
  • Do not attempt to pass through the world on your diploma or your class standing.
  • Extract from : « Masterpieces of Negro Eloquence » by Various
  • I did not know it then, but that word p. 120from him would have been as good as a diploma for me in Paris.
  • Extract from : « Memoirs » by Charles Godfrey Leland

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