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honours degree

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.63 in modern English

Syllables
hon-ours de-gree
IPA
18
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
3
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A type of university qualification: generally the highest-ranking type of undergraduate degree, though details differ by country or education system. See the Wikipedia article Honours degree.

British usage

Usage

Inflected Forms

honours degrees (plural) honors degree (alternative)

Synonyms

honours

Questions

What does honours degree mean?
A type of university qualification: generally the highest-ranking type of undergraduate degree, though details differ by country or education system. See the Wikipedia article Honours degree.

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