DIPLOMA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does diploma mean? 

• DIPLOMA (noun)
  The noun DIPLOMA has 1 sense:

1. a document certifying the successful completion of a course of study

  Familiarity information: DIPLOMA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• DIPLOMA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A document certifying the successful completion of a course of study

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

diploma; sheepskin

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

certificate; certification; credential; credentials (a document attesting to the truth of certain stated facts)

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

Higher National Diploma; HND (a diploma given for vocational training that prepares the student for a career in a particular area; good students may progress to a course leading to a degree)

 Context examples 

Family papers, letters from my poor wife, diplomas of universities which have done me honour.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Indicates that a person has received a General Equivalency Diploma in lieu of a high school diploma.

(General Equivalency Diploma Completion, NCI Thesaurus)

Indicates a person has attended high school but did not complete high school and did not receive a high school diploma.

(Not High School Graduate, NCI Thesaurus)

Indicates that a person has attended high school and has received a high school diploma.

(High School Completion, NCI Thesaurus)

Conferral or receipt of an academic degree or diploma marking the completion of a defined set of coursework.

(Graduation, NCI Thesaurus)

Children were more likely to be in the 10th, or highest, percentile if their parents had only a high school diploma or equivalent (more than twice as likely) or were children of first-time mothers (almost twice as likely).

(High amounts of screen time begin as early as infancy, National Institutes of Health)

A textual description of the investigator's credentials including, but not limited to the degree(s), board certification(s), license(s), diploma, and other official and/or legal documents indicating that the person has specific knowledge, skills, or abilities in the view of a certifying body.

(Investigator Official Credentials, NCI Thesaurus)