BACCALAUREATE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does baccalaureate mean? 

• BACCALAUREATE (noun)
  The noun BACCALAUREATE has 2 senses:

1. a farewell sermon to a graduating class at their commencement ceremonies

2. an academic degree conferred on someone who has successfully completed undergraduate studies

  Familiarity information: BACCALAUREATE used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BACCALAUREATE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A farewell sermon to a graduating class at their commencement ceremonies

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("baccalaureate" is a kind of...):

discourse; preaching; sermon (an address of a religious nature (usually delivered during a church service))

Holonyms ("baccalaureate" is a part of...):

commencement; commencement ceremony; commencement exercise; graduation; graduation exercise (an academic exercise in which diplomas are conferred)

Sense 2

Meaning:

An academic degree conferred on someone who has successfully completed undergraduate studies

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

baccalaureate; bachelor's degree

Hypernyms ("baccalaureate" is a kind of...):

academic degree; degree (an award conferred by a college or university signifying that the recipient has satisfactorily completed a course of study)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "baccalaureate"):

AB; Artium Baccalaurens; BA; Bachelor of Arts (a bachelor's degree in arts and sciences)

ABLS; Bachelor of Arts in Library Science (a bachelor's degree in library science)

Bachelor of Arts in Nursing; BAN (a bachelor's degree in nursing)

Bachelor of Divinity; BD (a bachelor's degree in religion)

Bachelor of Literature; BLitt (a bachelor's degree in literature)

Bachelor of Medicine; MB ((a British degree) a bachelor's degree in medicine)

Bachelor of Music; BMus (a bachelor's degree in music)

Bachelor of Naval Science; BNS (a bachelor's degree in naval science)

Bachelor of Science; BS; SB (a bachelor's degree in science)

Bachelor of Science in Architecture; BSArch (a bachelor's degree in architecture)

Bachelor of Science in Engineering (a bachelor's degree in engineering)

Bachelor of Theology; ThB (a bachelor's degree in theology)

 Context examples 

The Doctor of Optometry degree is the first-professional, postgraduate degree awarded to the graduates who have completed a specialized four year post-baccalaureate professional program in order to become independent health care providers who examine, diagnose, treat, and manage disorders of the visual systems and diseases of the eye and associated structures.

(Doctor of Optometry, NCI Thesaurus)

Bachelor's degree is an award (baccalaureate or equivalent degree, as determined by the Secretary of the U.S. Department of Education) conferred by a college, university, or other postsecondary education institution as official recognition for the successful completion of a program of studies, that normally requires at least four years of full-time equivalent college-level work.

(Bachelor's Degree, NCI Thesaurus)