undergraduate

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

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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.

Origin of undergraduate

First recorded in 1620–30; under- + graduate

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

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Examples from the Web for undergraduate

Contemporary Examples

She graduated from her undergraduate program magna cum laude.
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November 5, 2014
As a Harvard undergraduate, he used systolic blood pressure readings to invent the lie detector test.
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November 3, 2014
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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September 28, 2014
Deresiewicz taught English at Yale for a decade, and he studied at Columbia for undergraduate and graduate school.
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August 17, 2014
He then went to the University of Southern Florida in Tampa as an undergraduate, before getting his masters in Kansas.
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March 24, 2014

Historical Examples

They weren't interested in Cassel's undergraduate days, or in Morse's conquests.
The Hour of Battle
Robert Sheckley
They suffered no drastic loss of touch with undergraduate thought and life.
College Teaching
Paul Klapper
But they will rarely be found of most profit to undergraduate classes.
College Teaching
Paul Klapper
All of the preceding discussion applies only to undergraduate work.
College Teaching
Paul Klapper
They had been at Cambridge together, and ever since their undergraduate days had been intimate chums.
The White Lie
William Le Queux

British Dictionary definitions for undergraduate

undergraduate

noun

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

Derived Formsundergraduateship, noun

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Word Origin and History for undergraduate

n.

1620s, a hybrid formed from under + graduate (n.). British used fem. form undergraduette in 1920s-30s.

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Examples from the Web for undergraduate

Contemporary Examples

She graduated from her undergraduate program magna cum laude.

As a Harvard undergraduate, he used systolic blood pressure readings to invent the lie detector test.

Even though his undergraduate studies had led him to be a vegetarian, he decided to intern with a small pork producer.

Deresiewicz taught English at Yale for a decade, and he studied at Columbia for undergraduate and graduate school.

He then went to the University of Southern Florida in Tampa as an undergraduate, before getting his masters in Kansas.

Historical Examples

They weren't interested in Cassel's undergraduate days, or in Morse's conquests.

They suffered no drastic loss of touch with undergraduate thought and life.

But they will rarely be found of most profit to undergraduate classes.

All of the preceding discussion applies only to undergraduate work.

They had been at Cambridge together, and ever since their undergraduate days had been intimate chums.

undergraduate

Word Origin and History for undergraduate

n.

Origin of undergraduate