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Princeton's WordNet

  1. Ph.D., PhDnoun

    a doctorate usually based on at least 3 years graduate study and a dissertation; the highest degree awarded graduate study

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  1. phd

    A PhD, which stands for "Doctor of Philosophy", is the highest academic degree awarded by universities in most fields of study. It involves conducting original and extensive research in a specific field, resulting in a thesis or dissertation that provides significant contributions to the existing body of knowledge. Generally, earning a PhD requires several years of study and research beyond a master's degree.

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  1. PhD

    Ph.D. are a British group best known for their UK Top 10 hit "I Won't Let You Down" in April 1982, although the song had been a hit the previous year throughout Europe. The band took its name from the initial letters of its three members' surnames; Phillips, Hymas and Diamond. The name was written so as to be a visual pun on the letters denoting a degree of the same name.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of PHD in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of PHD in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

Examples of PHD in a Sentence

  1. Gerald McSwiggan:

    The English department faculty saw a need for additional scholarship in Black studies, and decided to focus doctoral admissions this year on prospective PhD students with an interest in working in and with Black Studies, as with other departments in the University, the departments faculty will decide which areas of scholarship they wish to focus on for PhD admissions in future years.

  2. Janet Dafoe:

    I got a PhD. That was hard, i've climbed mountains. That was hard.

  3. Karthik Athreya:

    For my part, seventeen years after my first PhD coursework, I still feel ill at ease with my grasp of many issues, and I am fairly confident that this is not just a question of limited intellect.

  4. Uptown Volcoyandrama:

    From the word go have an hustler couse success doesn't need a PhD

  5. Aveek Bhattacharya:

    I was basically going to default to academia, I was pretty sure I was going to do a PhD when I started my masters.

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