summa cum laude en · ADV
Etymology
From Latin summā cum laude (“with the greatest praise”).
Meanings
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(not-comparable) With highest (of three degrees of) praise; as noted, as an honor, on diplomas and degrees for work that is considered to be of the highest quality.
Nancy graduated from the university summa cum laude.
“[...] Mother remarried an architect after an amicable divorce seven years ago, lives in uptown Ewingsville, B.Y. No siblings. History and economics at Berkeley, summa cum laude. Started on the L.A. Recorder, political pieces in the Tribune and Herald. Single, lives alone, pays her bills on time.”
2004, David Mitchell, “Half-Lives: The First Luisa Rey Mystery”, in Cloud Atlas, →ISBN, page 126:
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Relateds
magna cum laude · cum laude · egregia cum laude
Translations (14)
tl may sukdulang papuri (with highest praise) · cmn 以最高榮譽 /以最高荣誉 (with highest praise) · is með hæstu ágætiseinkunn (with highest praise) · pl summa cum laude (with highest praise) · fr avec la plus grande distinction (with highest praise) · cmn 以最高荣誉 (with highest praise) · de sehr gut mit Auszeichnung (with highest praise) · de summa cum laude (with highest praise) · is með æðsta láði (with highest praise) · nl met de grootste onderscheiding (with highest praise) · fi laudatur (with highest praise) · vi xuất sắc (with highest praise) · fi summa cum laude (with highest praise) · vi loại xuất sắc (with highest praise)