magna cum laude

adverb

"With great praise"; an honor added to a diploma or degree for work considered to be of much higher quality than average.

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Meanings

adverbmagna cum laude (not comparable)
  1. not comparable"With great praise"; an honor added to a diploma or degree for work considered to be of much higher quality than average.

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectivewith high honor; with high academic distinction

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Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

From Latin.

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Translations

Dutch met grote onderscheiding
  • met grote onderscheidingwith great praise
German magna cum laude, sehr gut
  • magna cum laudewith great praise
  • sehr gutwith great praise
Polish magna cum laude
  • magna cum laudewith great praise
Tagalog may dakilang papuri
  • may dakilang papuriwith great praise
Vietnamese giỏi, loại giỏi
  • giỏiwith great praise
  • loại giỏiwith great praise

Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with magna cum laude

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magna cum laude. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/magna%20cum%20laude

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Chicago

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