Honours List (Noun)
Meaning
A list issued by examiners that categorizes students according to the class of honours they achieved in their degree examinations.
Classification
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents.
Examples
- The students who graduated with first-class honours were listed at the top of the university's honours list.
- Her dreams of going to graduate school seemed more achievable now that she was on the honours list with an upper-second class.
- The university printed the annual honours list in the exam booklet that was handed out to graduating students.
- Prospective employers scan the university's honours list looking for students who have achieved a certain class of honours.
- A student's final class of honours was officially confirmed when the honours list was issued at the end of the examination period.