Postdoctoral

adj, noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Synonym of postdoc.
  2. 2
    a grant that funds postdoctoral study or research wordnet
Adjective
  1. 1
    After receiving a doctorate; especially of academic research or study beyond the level of a doctoral degree. not-comparable

    "When Dr. Michael Dugan took his first postdoctoral research appointment in 1985, he considered it a steppingstone to a permanent theoretical physics post on a college faculty."

Adjective
  1. 1
    of or relating to study or research that is done after work for the doctoral degree has been completed wordnet

Synonyms

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postdocpost docpostdocpredoctoral

Example

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"Tom is a postdoctoral researcher."

Etymology

From post- + doctoral.

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