undergraduate

B2 Topic:Education & Learning

US /ˌəndɝˈgrædʒəwət/ See IPA manual

Freq #34470

Meanings

1

noun
A university student who has not yet finished their first degree.

She is a physics undergraduate at the local university.
2

adj
Relating to students studying for their first university degree.

After completing my undergraduate studies, I went into publishing.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 noun · a university student who... undergrad

Opposites

graduatepostgraduate

Word family

Forms undergraduates

Etymology

From under- + graduate.

Topics

Education & Learning

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