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undergraduate
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Undergraduate
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un·der·grad·u·ate
/
ˌʌn
dərˈgrædʒ
u
ɪt, -ˌeɪt
/
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[
uhn-der-
graj
-oo-it, -eyt
]
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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
Related forms
un·der·grad·u·ate·ship,
noun
non·un·der·grad·u·ate,
noun,
adjective
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undergraduate
(ˌʌndəˈɡrædjʊɪt)
—
n
Sometimes shortened to:
undergrad
a person studying in a university for a first degree
under'graduateship
—
n
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 10th Edition
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Etymonline
Word Origin & History
undergraduate
1630, a hybrid formed from
under
+
graduate
(n.). British used fem. form undergraduette in 1920s-30s.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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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.
Typically some technical writing is required in
undergraduate
degrees.
Here, for example, are some of the course descriptions for the
undergraduate
major in mathematics.
The nature of the protest prompted one
undergraduate
to complain to the student newspaper.
First, her lack of any
undergraduate
degree whatsoever.
His
undergraduate
and graduate level courses cover the field of visual cognition and psychology.
The school has both graduate and
undergraduate
programs.
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