diploma
noun/dɪˈpləʊmə/
/dɪˈpləʊmə/
- (British English) a course of study at a college or university
- a two-year diploma course
- She is taking a diploma in management studies.
Extra Examples- Most students here are studying for a qualification at diploma level.
- She was taking a diploma in business management.
- The college offers the Higher National Diploma in computer studies.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- graduate
- postgraduate
- professional
- …
- complete
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- a document showing that you have completed a course of study or part of your education
- a High School diploma
Extra ExamplesTopics Educationb1- The course leads to a diploma in psychiatric nursing.
- The university awards diplomas in higher education.
- a fake diploma from a non-existent school
- diploma of higher education
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- college
- high-school
- university
- …
- accept
- take
- hand somebody
- …
- course
- programme/program
- holder
- …
- diploma from
- diploma in
- diploma of
- …
- at diploma level
Word Originmid 17th cent. (in the sense ‘state paper’): via Latin from Greek diplōma ‘folded paper’, from diploun ‘to fold’, from diplous ‘double’.
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