Idiom
letters after one's name
Meaning
A list of abbreviations, separated by commas, representing the academic qualifications and civil or military honors achieved by a person.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“She has many impressive letters after her name.”
“The professor insisted on having all the letters after his name printed on his business cards.”
“Despite the long list of letters after his name, he struggled to explain the basic concepts of his field to the students.”
Examples
simple
“She has many impressive letters after her name.”
contextual
“The professor insisted on having all the letters after his name printed on his business cards.”
complex
“Despite the long list of letters after his name, he struggled to explain the basic concepts of his field to the students.”
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