undergraduate

noun

un·​der·​grad·​u·​ate ˌən-dər-ˈgra-jə-wət How to pronounce undergraduate (audio)
-ˌwāt;
-ˈgraj-wət
: a student at a college or university who has not received a first and especially a bachelor's degree
undergraduate adjective

Examples of undergraduate in a Sentence

a group of college undergraduates
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The state's public higher education system as a whole saw its second annual increase in fall undergraduate enrollment after nine straight years of declines. Steph Solis, Axios, 22 Oct. 2024 In 2010, Grant Van Horn was an undergraduate at U.C. San Diego and working in a computer-vision and machine-learning lab led by the computer scientist Serge Belongie. Rivka Galchen, The New Yorker, 14 Oct. 2024 The 2023 academic year saw a total undergraduate enrollment of 8,176 with tuition costing $49,140. Alex Perry, The Enquirer, 26 Sep. 2024 He was required reading for decades of graduate students—and the bolder undergraduates. Matthew Wills, JSTOR Daily, 15 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for undergraduate 

Word History

First Known Use

1630, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of undergraduate was in 1630

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“Undergraduate.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/undergraduate. Accessed 24 Nov. 2024.

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undergraduate

noun
un·​der·​grad·​u·​ate ˌən-dər-ˈgraj-(ə-)wət How to pronounce undergraduate (audio)
-ə-ˌwāt
: a student at a college or university who has not yet received a degree

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