postgrad

American  

[pohst-grad] / poʊstˈgræd /

adjective

Informal.

1. postgraduate.

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Etymology

Origin of postgrad

First recorded in 1945–50; by shortening

Example Sentences

As a postgrad student in 1994, I was granted my childhood wish of a year in New York.

From The Wall Street Journal

A second account, with $6,815, is for medium-term expenses; a third, for postgrad moving expenses, has $6,830.

From The Wall Street Journal

"We're doing our dissertations, final-year exams and assignments. I could not even apply for certain postgrad opportunities."

From BBC

Chung, who immigrated to the U.S. at 17, left her postgrad career in high tech to pursue her passion for food, according to her website.

From Los Angeles Times

Dimitra had boarded the train in Volos on the coast after finishing her postgrad class, and was inside one of the front carriages of the passenger train carrying some 350 people from Athens to Thessaloniki.

From BBC