pass degree
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of pass degree
First recorded in 1910–15
Example Sentences
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But the mere pass degree is very far from implying literary eminence or intellectual power.
From The Contemporary Review, January 1883 Vol 43, No. 1 by Various
An American pass degree might be taken by electing, as all students now elect, a certain number of courses at random.
From An American at Oxford by Corbin, John
The system for granting the pass degree is, in its broader outlines, the same as for all degrees.
From An American at Oxford by Corbin, John
His father, who had taken a pass degree at Oxford, and had then taken orders, was by that time Rector of Dartington and Archdeacon of Totnes.
From The Life of Froude by Paul, Herbert W. (Herbert Woodfield)
It is difficult to imagine a condition of greater vacuity than that in which a man leaves the University after taking a pass degree.
From From a College Window by Benson, Arthur Christopher
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