FIRST-CLASS HONOURS DEGREE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does first-class honours degree mean? 

• FIRST-CLASS HONOURS DEGREE (noun)
  The noun FIRST-CLASS HONOURS DEGREE has 1 sense:

1. an honours degree of the highest class

  Familiarity information: FIRST-CLASS HONOURS DEGREE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• FIRST-CLASS HONOURS DEGREE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An honours degree of the highest class

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

first; first-class honours degree

Hypernyms ("first-class honours degree" is a kind of...):

honours; honours degree (a university degree with honors)

Domain region:

Britain; Great Britain; U.K.; UK; United Kingdom; United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (a monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles; divided into England and Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland; 'Great Britain' is often used loosely to refer to the United Kingdom)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "first-class honours degree"):

double first (a first-class honours degree in two subjects)