HIGHER NATIONAL DIPLOMA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Higher National Diploma mean? 

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

1. 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

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• HIGHER NATIONAL DIPLOMA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

Higher National Diploma; HND

Hypernyms ("Higher National Diploma" is a kind of...):

diploma; sheepskin (a document certifying the successful completion of a course of study)

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)