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noun
- a grade awarded for a class, better than outright failure (which can be F or E depending on the institution) and worse than a C
proper noun
- (snooker) The semicircle on the baulk line, inside which the cue ball must be placed at a break-off
abbreviation
- Defense
- (US politics) Democrat
- Deny
- Divorced
- Down
- Drive
- Dutch language.
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noun (plural: dames)
- (archaic) lady, woman
- the equivalent title to Sir for a female knight
- Dame Edith Sitwell
- (colloquial) slightly derogatory way of referring to a woman
- "There ain't nothin' like a dame!" (South Pacific)
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noun
- (geometry) A unit of measurement of angle equal to 1/360 of a circle's circumference.
- (physics) A unit of measurement of temperature on any of several scales, such as Celsius or Fahrenheit.
- Any of various units used to express specific gravity, bitterness, darkness, etc. in manufacturing various commodities.
- The amount that an entity possesses a certain property; proportion or extent.
- To what degree do the two accounts of the accident concur?
- An award (generally superior to a diploma but inferior to a doctorate) bestowed by a university or, in some countries, a college, as an indication of academic achievement or occasionally bestowed to honor its recipient.
- (graph theory) The number of edge, edges that a vertex takes part in.
- (mathematics) The sum of the exponents of a term; or, in the context of a polynomial, the highest degree of all its terms.
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noun
- A part, portion, or subdivision.
- A distinct course of life, action, study, or the like; appointed sphere or walk; province.
- Superior to Pope in Pope's own peculiar of literature. Macaulay.
- Subdivision of business or official duty; especially, one of the principal divisions of executive government; as, the treasury department; the war department; also, in a university, one of the divisions of instructions; as, the medical department; the department of physics.
- A territorial division; a district; esp., in France, one of the districts composed of several arrondissements into which the country is divided for governmental purposes; as, the Department of the Loire.
- A military subdivision of a country; as, the Department of the Potomac.
- (obsolete) Act of departing; departure.
- Sudden departments from one extreme to another. Wotton.
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noun - bearing; manner of presenting oneself:
- Her impressed her interviewers.
- conduct; public behavior:
- Their changed visibly as the policeman approached.
- apparent level of schooling or training:
- His academic did not match his degree record.
- self-discipline:
- The nun's reflected her vocation.
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noun
- (archaic) A treatise on teaching or education.
adjective
- Instructive or intended to teach or demonstrate, especially with regard to morality. (I.e., didactic poetry)
- Excessively moralizing.
- Regarding medicine, teaching from textbooks rather than laboratory demonstration and clinical application.
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noun
- A document issued by an educational institution testifying that the recipient has earned a degree or has successfully completed a particular course of study.
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noun
- A formal exposition of a subject, especially a research paper that students write in order to complete the requirements for a doctoral degree; a thesis.
- A lengthy lecture on a subject.
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noun
- A teacher or lecturer at some American colleges or universities.
- 2006, Thomas Pynchon, Against the Day, Vintage 2007, p. 1212:
- :Zermelo had been a at Gí¶ttingen when Kit was there and, like Russell, had been preoccupied with the set of all sets that are not members of themselves.
- (context, mostly, US) A tour guide at a museum, art gallery, historical site, etc.
- The greeted the visitors and welcomed them to the Louvre.
adjective
- instructive, Instructive; that teaches.
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noun
- The title of a doctor (whether medical or academic) used before the doctor's name. Abbreviation: Dr, Dr.
- The students asked to see Jones.
- Smith carried out the medical procedure.
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noun
- The highest degree awarded by a university faculty.
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noun , or drop-out
- Someone who has left an educational institution without completing the course
- The politicians of the world are mere political university dropouts.
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