postgraduate

[ pohst-graj-oo-it, -eyt ]

/ poʊstˈgrædʒ u ɪt, -ˌeɪt /

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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.

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Origin of postgraduate

First recorded in 1855–60; post- + graduate

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How to use postgraduate in a sentence

Sara Sheridan is a Philadelphia-based postgraduate reporting fellow at the Pulitzer Center for Crisis Reporting and a postgraduate research scholar and editor at the Tow Center for Digital Journalism.
Does It Get Better For the Indie Fine Dining Restaurant?|Sara Sheridan|July 22, 2021|Eater
“The need to combine software implementations and mathematical algorithms presupposes high qualifications at the postgraduate level and above,” one job listing says.
Huawei calls on an old friend, Russia, as U.S. sanctions bite down|Eva Dou, Pei Lin Wu, Isabelle Khurshudyan|May 28, 2021|Washington Post
Pagels’s sister, Laura Menendez, described her brother as funny, smart and passionate about many things — pursuing his postgraduate studies, playing tennis and board games, and traveling by bike.
Bicyclist killed in crash tweeted just hours earlier about the danger of riding in D.C.|Luz Lazo|April 12, 2021|Washington Post
While 24 percent of those with less than a bachelor’s degree say they don’t plan to get the vaccine, that number is just 11 percent for those with college degrees and just 8 percent for those with postgraduate degrees.
Yes, vaccine skepticism exists among health-care workers — but far less so among top medical professionals|Aaron Blake|March 19, 2021|Washington Post

Two years later, he was pursuing postgraduate studies at the Institute of Kashmir Studies, University of Kashmir, when he went missing.
Four Sons, One War: All Dead|Eugene Robinson|September 25, 2020|Ozy
During the 1990s, however, he went abroad again to finish his postgraduate studies at Glasgow Caledonian University.
Hassan Rouhani: Iran’s Mysterious New President|Omid Memarian|September 23, 2013|DAILY BEAST
In the Northeast, spring is in the air, and at Ivy League schools, kids are planning their postgraduate futures.
Bridgewater May Be the Hottest Hedge Fund for Harvard Grads, but It’s Also the Weirdest|Daniel Gross|March 7, 2013|DAILY BEAST
She said she might someday go for her postgraduate degree, but she also wants to start several businesses.
Octomom Nadya Suleman Wants to Shed Her Creepy Persona|Maria Elena Fernandez|July 9, 2012|DAILY BEAST
I went to Andover with Belichick in the 1970s (he was there for a postgraduate year while I was kept prisoner for four years).
The Material Super Bowl: Madonna, Ferris Bueller—and the Game, Too|Buzz Bissinger|February 3, 2012|DAILY BEAST
(This may reflect the decided 58-40 pro-Obama tilt of professors, lawyers, teachers, and others with postgraduate degrees).
Obama Didn't Really Change Anything|Michael Lind|November 6, 2008|DAILY BEAST
Have you participated in any postgraduate work since you graduated from high school?
Warren Commission (6 of 26): Hearings Vol. VI (of 15)|The President's Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy
What postgraduate work had you been doing that you just mentioned?
Warren Commission (2 of 26): Hearings Vol. II (of 15)|The President's Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy
It is hoped that these repeated examinations may lead to the continuation of such habits of bodily care in postgraduate years.
College Teaching|Paul Klapper
The postgraduate may play the game using as counters the great and distinctive cheeses of more than fifty countries.
The Complete Book of Cheese|Robert Carlton Brown
In fact she was merely taking a postgraduate course in certain studies.
The Mission of Janice Day|Helen Beecher Long

British Dictionary definitions for postgraduate

postgraduate

/ (pəʊstˈɡrædjʊɪt) /

noun

a student who has obtained a degree from a university, etc, and is pursuing studies for a more advanced qualification

(modifier) of or relating to such a student or to his studies

Also (US and Canadian): graduate

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