- honorary doctorate
- highest academic degree granted as a sign of recognition or honor without having to meet the standard requirements
English contemporary dictionary. 2014.
honorary doctorate
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honorary — hon‧or‧ar‧y [ˈɒnrəri ǁ ˈɑːnəreri] adjective [only before a noun] 1. an honorary title, rank, or university degree is given to someone as an honour: • They made him an honorary member of the club. • She received an honorary doctorate from Harvard … Financial and business terms
doctorate — doc‧tor‧ate [ˈdɒktrt ǁ ˈdɑːk ] noun [countable] the highest university degree: • Goodwin earned her doctorate in political science from Harvard in 1978. • an honorary doctorate from Oxford University … Financial and business terms
Honorary degree — For other degrees, see Academic degree. Not to be confused with an honours degree. An honorary degree[1] or a degree honoris causa (Latin: for the sake of the honour ) is an academic degree for which a university (or other degree awarding… … Wikipedia
Doctorate — Aquatint of a Doctor of Divinity at the University of Oxford, in the scarlet and black academic robes corresponding to his position. From Rudolph Ackermann s History of Oxford, 1814. A doctorate is an academic degree or professional degree that… … Wikipedia
doctorate — n. 1) to award, grant a doctorate 2) to earn a doctorate 3) an earned (AE); honorary doctorate 4) a doctorate in (a doctorate in physics) * * * [ dɒkt(ə)reɪt] grant a doctorate honorary doctorate to award to earn a doctorate an earned (AE) … Combinatory dictionary
honorary — hon|or|ar|y [ˈɔnərəri US ˈa:nəreri] adj 1.) an honorary title, rank, or university degree is given to someone as an honour ▪ Brown received an honorary doctorate from Seoul University. 2.) an honorary position in an organization is held without… … Dictionary of contemporary English
honorary — adjective 1) an honorary doctorate Syn: titular, nominal, in name only, unofficial, token 2) Brit. an honorary treasurer Syn: unpaid, unsalaried, voluntary, volunteer • … Synonyms and antonyms dictionary
doctorate — [däk΄tərit] n. [ML doctoratus] 1. any degree at the highest level awarded by universities, either as an indication of the successful completion of academic study, as Doctor of Philosophy, or as an honorary degree and title, as Doctor of Laws:… … English World dictionary
doctorate — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ honorary ▪ engineering, music, etc. VERB + DOCTORATE ▪ do, study for, take … Collocations dictionary
honorary — adj. Honorary is used with these nouns: ↑chair, ↑chairman, ↑degree, ↑doctorate, ↑fellow, ↑knighthood, ↑member, ↑membership, ↑president, ↑secretary, ↑title, ↑ … Collocations dictionary
