noun
a first-class honours degree in two subjects
• Regions: ↑United Kingdom, ↑UK, ↑U.K., ↑Britain, ↑United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, ↑Great Britain
• Hypernyms: ↑first, ↑first-class honours degree
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noun1. : first-class honors in two different subjects especially at Cambridge and Oxford universities
2. : a student who takes a double first
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Brit. Univ.
1. a first in two subjects.
2. a student who earns a first in two subjects.
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double first noun
1. A university degree with first-class honours in two different subjects
2. A person who has such a degree
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Main Entry: ↑double
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a university degree in which you have studied two subjects and have received the highest mark for both subjects
Thesaurus: degrees and other academic qualificationshyponym
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double first,
1. the highest honors in two subjects at an English university.
2. a student who wins these honors.
Useful english dictionary. 2012.