un·der·grad·u·ate

[uhn-der-graj-oo-it, -eyt]
noun
1.
a student in a university or college who has not received a first, especially a bachelor's, degree.
adjective
2.
having the standing of an undergraduate.
3.
of, for, pertaining to, or characteristic of undergraduates.

Origin:
1620–30; under- + graduate

un·der·grad·u·ate·ship, noun
non·un·der·grad·u·ate, noun, adjective
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undergraduate (ˌʌndəˈɡrædjʊɪt) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
n
Sometimes shortened to: undergrad a person studying in a university for a first degree
 
under'graduateship
 
n

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Undergraduate is always a great word to know.
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a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
a screen or mat covered with a dark material for shielding a camera lens from excess light or glare.
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Word Origin & History

undergraduate
1630, a hybrid formed from under + graduate (n.). British used fem. form undergraduette in 1920s-30s.
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Example sentences
At eighteen, she married an older law student, but the marriage unravelled while she was still an undergraduate.
As an undergraduate student, he is part of the first generation that may study
  personalized medicine in a mature form.
Most of my first-year undergraduate students know how to establish a website,
  how to post a message, how to post movies or text.
He planned to become a lawyer, but his undergraduate degree was delayed after
  he shattered his right leg in a ski accident.
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