cum laude

[ koom lou-dey, -duh, -dee; kuhm law-dee ]

/ kʊm ˈlaʊ deɪ, -də, -di; kʌm ˈlɔ di /

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adverb

with honor: used in diplomas to grant the lowest of three special honors for grades above the average.

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Compare magna cum laude, summa cum laude.

Origin of cum laude

1890–95, Americanism;<Latin: with praise

Words nearby cum laude

cum dividend, cume, cumene, cum grano salis, cumin, cum laude, cummer, cummerbund, Cummings, cummings, e. e., cummingtonite

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How to use cum laude in a sentence

Trotter graduated magna cum laude from Harvard and became the first black man named to Phi Beta Kappa.
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She graduated from her undergraduate program magna cum laude.
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And at the center of it all: a striking blond cheerleader-cum-schoolteacher.
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Baptismum accipiebant velut sacrum aliquod signum similitudinis & confœderationis cum Gallis.
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Habet Rimbegui ostia sua sub gradu quadragesimo tertio cum besse.
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In hoc Isthmo portus regalis est, vbi nunc degimus, ad gradum latitudinis quadragesimum quartum cum besse.
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Reliqui quatuor in firmam iam videntur cum ijs amicitiam & csuetudinem coaluisse.
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Mortuorum ita cum corpore sepeliunt memoriam, vt ne nomen quidem deinceps audire sustineant.
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British Dictionary definitions for cum laude

cum laude

/ (kʌm ˈlɔːdɪ, kʊm ˈlaʊdeɪ) /

adverb

mainly US with praise: the lowest of three designations for above-average achievement in examinationsCompare magna cum laude, summa cum laude

Word Origin for cum laude

Latin

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