COURSE CREDIT

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

Recognition by a college or university that a course of studies has been successfully completed; typically measured in semester hours

Synonyms:

course credit; credit

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("course credit" is a kind of...):

attainment (the act of achieving an aim)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "course credit"):

credit hour; semester hour (a unit of academic credit; one hour a week for an academic semester)