undergraduate

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

/ ˌʌn dərˈgrædʒ u ɪt, -ˌeɪt /

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noun

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

adjective

having the standing of an undergraduate.

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

Nearby words

undergarment, undergird, underglaze, undergo, undergrad, undergraduate, underground, underground movie, underground railroad, underground trolley, undergrown

Origin of undergraduate

First recorded in 1620–30; under- + graduate

Related forms

un·der·grad·u·ate·ship, nounnon·un·der·grad·u·ate, noun, adjective

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Examples from the Web for undergraduate

As a Harvard undergraduate, he used systolic blood pressure readings to invent the lie detector test.
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Even though his undergraduate studies had led him to be a vegetarian, he decided to intern with a small pork producer.
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Deresiewicz taught English at Yale for a decade, and he studied at Columbia for undergraduate and graduate school.
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He then went to the University of Southern Florida in Tampa as an undergraduate, before getting his masters in Kansas.
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But midway through his undergraduate education at Princeton, questions of “what else?”
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In the daily life of the undergraduate, in his religious observances, and in regulating his studies, the college is supreme.
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I remembered most of the professors from two years ago, when I was here as an undergraduate.
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One thinks, foolishly of course, of even Georgian Whigs as orthodox men, at least in their undergraduate days.
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The ideal method of development of an undergraduate team is by a system of coaching conducted by graduates of that institution.
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He certainly showed no tendency in that direction during his undergraduate years.
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British Dictionary definitions for undergraduate

undergraduate

/ (ˌʌndəˈɡrædjʊɪt) /

noun

a person studying in a university for a first degreeSometimes shortened to: undergrad

Derived Forms

undergraduateship, noun

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undergraduate

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