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Date: 1800-1900
Language: Latin
Origin: 'with praise'

cum laude

 adverb
     
Related topics: College
cum lau‧de American English
SEC
with honours
if you graduate cum laude, you finish a university degree and are given official praise for special achievement ➔ magna cum laude, summa cum laude
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