postgraduate
[pohst-graj-oo-it, -eyt]
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adjective
of, pertaining to, characteristic of, or consisting of post-graduates: a postgraduate seminar.
noun
a student who is taking advanced work after graduation, as from a high school or college.
Origin of postgraduate
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Contemporary Examples of post-graduate
Belia, who has a post-graduate degree, makes a little less than that as a head mistress at a private school.
For all its problems, the U.S. higher education system—especially the post-graduate education system—is the best in the world.
Historical Examples of post-graduate
They may enter the post-graduate department of Yale and receive its degrees.
“You have finished your post-graduate work, I expect,” said Stenhouse.
The Pools of SilenceH. de Vere Stacpoole
It should be called almost a post-graduate course in the camp studies.
How Girls Can Help Their CountryJuliette Low
The post-graduate course commences April 2d, and ends May 25th.
Work for WomenGeorge J. Manson
He had had a post-graduate course in the South-East Asian jungles.
Take the Reason PrisonerJohn Joseph McGuire
postgraduate
noun
Also (US and Canadian): graduate
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