diplomadi‧plo‧ma /dəˈpləʊmə $ -ˈploʊ-/ ●●○ noun [countable] 
I’m hoping to get my teaching diploma this year.diploma in a diploma in catering2American English a document showing that a student has successfully completed their high school or university educationhigh school/college diploma
WORD ORIGINdiploma
Origin:
1600-1700 Latin ‘passport, diploma’, from Greek, ‘folded paper’EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
- a high school diploma
- Anyone with a high school diploma can enroll in the course.
- Everyone was given a diploma at the end of the course.
- Certificates, diplomas and records of achievement will normally be issued within three months of receiving signed marks sheets.
- Districts also would continue to issue standard high school diplomas.
- It is worth considering what the real benefits of studying at university degree or diploma level might be.
- Moments later as the Monsignor began to pass out the diplomas, flashbulbs popped and a few home movie cameras whirred.
- She did go on to get her high-school equivalency diploma.
- That room, furthermore, contained the violin, diplomas and medals which belonged to brother Carl.
- These include classes on parenting, self-esteem, conflict resolution and prep courses for the general education diploma exam.
- This team will include specialists in each of the areas of study of the diploma programme.
Longman Language Activatorwhat you get when you finish a course successfully
in Britain, a document that shows that someone has successfully completed a course of study or passed an examination; in the US, a document showing that a student has successfully completed their high school, college, or university education: · Everyone was given a diploma at the end of the course.high school/college diploma: · Anyone with a high school diploma can enroll in the course.
British you get a qualification when you finish a course and pass examinations at the end of it: · The two-year course leads to a teaching qualification.· List your qualifications in the space below.academic qualification: · She left school at 16, with no academic qualifications.
the qualification that you get when you successfully finish a course at university: · Cohn has a degree in political science from the University of Chicago.· Her dream is to get a degree in computer science and then get a high-paying job.do a degree/take a degree British (=study in order to get one): · Maggie is doing a degree in psychology.
an advanced degree that you get by studying for one or two years after getting your first degree: · Getting a master's should help you get a better job.master's degree/master's in: · Successful applicants will have a master's degree in social work.
the most advanced type of degree, which you study for on your own for several years, doing work and writing a long report explaining what you have discovered: · Bedell later earned a doctorate from Columbia University.doctorate/PhD in: · She had a PhD in industrial robotics.
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COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY I’m hoping to get my teaching diploma this year.COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES I’ve only got three weeks left to study for my exams.COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADJECTIVE
1British English a document showing that someone has successfully completed a course of study or passed an examination: I’m hoping to get my teaching diploma this year. I’ve only got three weeks left to study for my exams.· Opportunities are also available for those who wish to pursue higher diplomas and degrees in a full-time or part-time capacity.· Students who complete the program receive a skills certificate along with their high school diploma.· She has a high school diploma, a service-sector job and her own car.· Clarify what they expect young people to know and be able to do to earn a high school diploma.· But Mr Florio, a former boxer who earned his high school diploma in the navy, was undaunted by the opposition.· Districts also would continue to issue standard high school diplomas.· These units are amassed toward graduation, and, in most cases, become the only ticket to a high school diploma.· White men with high school diplomas earn more than Hispanic women with college degrees.
NOUN· More telling are the precipitous cost increases at state universities, which account for four out of every five college diplomas.· Furthermore, even the cherished college diploma no longer guarantees success.
· This emphasis is true also of most of their graduate diploma courses.· The two-year diploma course student will, of course, join the finals group earlier than the three-year course student.· For an eight-term diploma course the total cost will be around £11-12000.· Consequently, a new diploma course had to be set up, new teacher trainers prepared and new books written.· In addition to the degree and diploma courses described below, there is a wide range of professional and postgraduate courses.· For degree or diploma courses at universities, student loan financing is available, see next section.· I had two more children and taught higher national diploma courses in the evenings at the local technical college.· The grant will establish an endowed faculty position for the department's three-year diploma course.
· She has a high school diploma, a service-sector job and her own car.· Students who complete the program receive a skills certificate along with their high school diploma.· But Mr Florio, a former boxer who earned his high school diploma in the navy, was undaunted by the opposition.· Clarify what they expect young people to know and be able to do to earn a high school diploma.· Districts also would continue to issue standard high school diplomas.· These units are amassed toward graduation, and, in most cases, become the only ticket to a high school diploma.· White men with high school diplomas earn more than Hispanic women with college degrees.
VERB· By the 1830s, some 50 students yearly were awarded a diploma.· Polytechnics will be able to call themselves universities and to award degrees and diplomas.· In 1871 the Lowe-Vansittart propeller was awarded a first-class diploma at the Kensington exhibition, followed by similar awards worldwide.
· Mr Rodriguez's plan is to get a high-school diploma, then win a pilot's licence.· She did go on to get her high-school equivalency diploma.
· I don't think he had many friends here, certainly none that would have lasted after he took his diploma.
I’m hoping to get my teaching diploma this year.diploma in a diploma in catering2American English a document showing that a student has successfully completed their high school or university educationhigh school/college diploma