diploma
noun/dɪˈploʊmə/
Frequency rank: #5,613 of 20,003 in the WORDED list (wordfreq data)
Meaning
An official document awarded by a school or university to show that someone has completed a course of study.
Example sentence
She framed her diploma and hung it on the wall of her office.
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