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an academic degree conferred for completion of requirements beyond the undergraduate college level, as M.S. or Ph.D.[1950-55]
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advanced degree
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advanced degree — UK / US noun [countable] Word forms advanced degree : singular advanced degree plural advanced degrees a qualification taken after a first degree, for example an ma or a phd … English dictionary
advanced degree — noun Date: 1928 a university degree (as a master s or doctor s degree) higher than a bachelor s … New Collegiate Dictionary
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degree, academic — Title conferred by a college or university to indicate completion of a course of study or extent of academic achievement. In medieval Europe there were only two degrees: master (a scholar of arts and grammar) and doctor (a scholar of philosophy,… … Universalium
