BACCALAUREATE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does baccalaureate mean? 

• BACCALAUREATE (noun)
  The noun BACCALAUREATE has 2 senses:

1. a farewell sermon to a graduating class at their commencement ceremonies
2. an academic degree conferred on someone who has successfully completed undergraduate studies

  Familiarity information: BACCALAUREATE used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BACCALAUREATE (noun)

Meaning:

A farewell sermon to a graduating class at their commencement ceremonies

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("baccalaureate" is a kind of...):

discourse; preaching; sermon (an address of a religious nature (usually delivered during a church service))

Holonyms ("baccalaureate" is a part of...):

commencement; commencement ceremony; commencement exercise; graduation; graduation exercise (an academic exercise in which diplomas are conferred)

Meaning:

An academic degree conferred on someone who has successfully completed undergraduate studies

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

bachelor's degree; baccalaureate

Hypernyms ("baccalaureate" is a kind of...):

academic degree; degree (an award conferred by a college or university signifying that the recipient has satisfactorily completed a course of study)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "baccalaureate"):

AB; Artium Baccalaurens; BA; Bachelor of Arts (a bachelor's degree in arts and sciences)

Bachelor of Theology; ThB (a bachelor's degree in theology)

Bachelor of Science in Engineering (a bachelor's degree in engineering)

Bachelor of Science in Architecture; BSArch (a bachelor's degree in architecture)

Bachelor of Science; BS; SB (a bachelor's degree in science)

Bachelor of Naval Science; BNS (a bachelor's degree in naval science)

Bachelor of Music; BMus (a bachelor's degree in music)

Bachelor of Medicine; MB ((a British degree) a bachelor's degree in medicine)

Bachelor of Literature; BLitt (a bachelor's degree in literature)

Bachelor of Divinity; BD (a bachelor's degree in religion)

Bachelor of Arts in Nursing; BAN (a bachelor's degree in nursing)

ABLS; Bachelor of Arts in Library Science (a bachelor's degree in library science)