undergraduate

B2
US /ˌəndɝˈgrædʒəwət/
noun adj Freq #34470

Meanings

  1. 1
    noun

    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
    adj

    Of, relating to, or being an undergraduate.

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

  3. 3
    noun

    a university student who has not yet received a first degree

Etymology

From under- + graduate.

Thesaurus

Synonyms
2 adj · of, relating to, or being... pregraduate
3 noun · a university student who... undergrad
Opposites
graduatepostgraduate

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