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undergraduate

[uhn-der-graj-oo-it, -eyt]

noun

  1. a student in a university or college who has not received a first, especially a bachelor's, degree.



adjective

  1. having the standing of an undergraduate.

  2. of, for, pertaining to, or characteristic of undergraduates.

undergraduate

/ ˌʌԻəˈɡæʊɪ /

noun

  1. Sometimes shortened to: undergrad.a person studying in a university for a first degree

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Other Word Forms

  • undergraduateship noun
  • nonundergraduate noun
  • ˌܲԻˈܲٱ󾱱 noun
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Word History and Origins

Origin of undergraduate1

First recorded in 1620–30; under- + graduate
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In late April, the University of Toledo discontinued nine undergraduate majors — including Africana studies, Asian studies, disability studies, Spanish and Women’s and Gender Studies — to adhere to SB 1’s low conferral rate requirements.

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Chen Jian, who did not want to use his real name, said he quickly realised that his undergraduate degree from a US college had become an obstacle.

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Born in Hunan province, China, Hu was an undergraduate at Tianjin University, and will be the first Asian American chancellor of UC Riverside.

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Katerina Portela, raised in Florida and Hawaii, recently graduated from San Diego State University where she was honored as the school’s top journalism undergraduate.

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A junior majoring in applied mathematics and economics, he was one of only two Pakistani undergraduate students admitted to Harvard in 2023.

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