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honorary degree

honorary degree noun: a university degree given outside standard procedures, usually to people who have had an impact on the development of science, culture, education, etc. This degree can be received even by those not affiliated with the university in any way, and requires no attendance, exams, teaching time, or other prerequisites.

Noun

honorary degree (plural honorary degrees)

  1. A university degree given outside standard procedures, usually to people who have had an impact on the development of science, culture, education, etc. This degree can be received even by those not affiliated with the university in any way, and requires no attendance, exams, teaching time, or other prerequisites.

honorary degree meaning in Tamil and Kannada

honorary degree in Tamil

மதிப்புறு பட்டம், கௌரவ பட்டம்

honorary degree in Kannada

ಗೌರವ ಪದವಿ

Forms of honorary degree

pluralhonorary degrees

Questions about honorary degree

What does honorary degree mean?
Honorary degree means a university degree given outside standard procedures, usually to people who have had an impact on the development of science, culture, education, etc. This degree can be received even by those not affiliated with the university in any way, and requires no attendance, exams, teaching time, or other prerequisites.
What is honorary degree in Tamil?
Honorary degree in Tamil is மதிப்புறு பட்டம், கௌரவ பட்டம். See Honorary degree meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is honorary degree?
Honorary degree is a noun.
What is the plural of honorary degree?
The plural of honorary degree is honorary degrees.

Words near honorary degree in the dictionary

  1. honorary colonels
  2. honorary consul
  3. honorary consulate
  4. honorary consulates
  5. honorary consuls
  6. honorary degree
  7. honorary doctor
  8. honorary doctorate
  9. honorary master
  10. honorary master's degree
  11. honorary mention

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Adapted from Wiktionary: honorary degree (page history and authors); honorary degree (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); honorary degree (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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