Phrase guide

magna cum laude

adv · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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  • rhymes with -aʊdi

1

adv

Meaning 1

"With great praise"; an honor added to a diploma or degree for work considered to be of much higher quality than average.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

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Antonyms: none provided

2

adjective satellite

Meaning 2

with high honor; with high academic distinction

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • a magna cum laude graduate

Meaning relationships

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Antonyms: none provided

3

adverb

Meaning 3

with high honor

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • he graduated magna cum laude

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From Latin.

Across languages

Translations

8 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Dutch: met grote onderscheiding — with great praise
  • German: magna cum laude — with great praise
  • German: sehr gut — with great praise
  • Polish: magna cum laude — with great praise
  • Serbo-Croatian: s velikom slavom — with great praise
  • Tagalog: may dakilang papuri — with great praise
  • Vietnamese: giỏi — with great praise
  • Vietnamese: loại giỏi — with great praise