Undergraduate

adj, noun

adj, noun ·5 syllables ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A student at a university who has not yet received a degree.

    "Daniel Hajas is a physics undergraduate at Sussex and has been blind since he was 16. He first heard about Giles and the SSDs when Giles was looking for blind students to test the devices."

  2. 2
    a university student who has not yet received a first degree wordnet
Adjective
  1. 1
    Of, relating to, or being an undergraduate. not-comparable

    "After completing my undergraduate studies, I embarked on a career in publishing."

Synonyms

All synonyms
autodidacticbookishcadetcollege-bredcollegiatefreshman

Example

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"He is an undergraduate in the law department."

Etymology

From under- + graduate.

Related phrases

before graduationfour yearin collegestudent classificationwith underyou ate

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