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A school that awards advanced degrees, such as doctoral degrees; a postgraduate school.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Synonyms: none provided
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a school in a university offering study leading to degrees beyond the bachelor's degree
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: grad school
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: school
Narrower terms: business school, dental school, school of dentistry, law school, school of law, medical school, school of medicine
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Across languages
Translations
15 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Belarusian:
аспіранту́ра
(aspirantúra)
— a school that awards advanced degrees
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Chinese Mandarin:
研究生院
(yánjiūshēngyuàn)
— a school that awards advanced degrees
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Chinese Mandarin:
大學院 /大学院
(dàxuéyuàn)
— a school that awards advanced degrees
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Estonian:
magistriõpe
— a school that awards advanced degrees
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Finnish:
tohtorikoulu
— a school that awards advanced degrees
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French:
école d'études avancées
— a school that awards advanced degrees
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German:
Graduiertenschule
— a school that awards advanced degrees
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Hungarian:
doktori iskola
— a school that awards advanced degrees
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Hungarian:
mesterképzés
— a school that awards advanced degrees
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Japanese:
大学院
(daigakuin)
— a school that awards advanced degrees
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Korean:
대학원
(daehagwon)
— a school that awards advanced degrees
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Russian:
аспиранту́ра
(aspirantúra)
— a school that awards advanced degrees
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Tagalog:
dalubhasikan
— a school that awards advanced degrees
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Ukrainian:
аспіранту́ра
(aspirantúra)
— a school that awards advanced degrees
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Vietnamese:
trường cao học
— a school that awards advanced degrees