Definitions for diploma

diploma di·plo·ma

Spelling: [dih-ploh-muh]
IPA: /dɪˈploʊ mə/

Diploma is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 12 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 15 points.

You can make 217 anagrams from letters in diploma (adilmop).

Definitions for diploma

noun

  1. a document given by an educational institution conferring a degree on a person or certifying that the person has satisfactorily completed a course of study.
  2. a document conferring some honor, privilege, or power.
  3. a public or official document, especially one of historical interest:

verb (used with object)

  1. to grant or award a diploma to.

Origin of diploma

1635-45; Latin diplōma a letter of recommendation, an official document Greek díplōma a letter folded double, equivalent to diplō-, variant stem of diploûn to double (derivative of diplóos; s

Examples for diploma

He said he already had his diploma and was studying at a community college to be an electrician.

This is not the case, but the reality is worse: losing access to a diploma and getting kicked out of school.

The “doctorate” Duke claims is from an anti-Semitic Ukranian “diploma mill” as described by the State Department.

I think I saw a German diploma amongst the papers you forwarded to our committee?

The Palestinians who do manage to receive a diploma, against all odds, are faced with yet another challenge.

"That don't seem to line up with the doctor's diploma," commented Weary.

This formula excludes students who take longer than four years to earn their diploma, and GEDs and other special diplomas.

"Tell us," said Phyllis laboriously, "about diploma——" and there it stuck.

He's right out of medical school and is just as fresh as his diploma.

If a popular vote had been necessary, not one of them would yet have her diploma.

Word Value for diploma
Scrable

12

Words with friends

15

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