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undergraduate en · ADJ

Pronunciation

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁én Proto-Indo-European *-tér Proto-Indo-European *h₁entér Proto-Indo-European *h₂én Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-? Proto-Indo-European *-dʰi ? Proto-Indo-European *(H)n̥dʰí Proto-Indo-European *-ér Proto-Indo-European *(H)n̥dʰér Proto-Germanic *under Proto-West Germanic *undar Old English under- Middle English under- English under- English graduate English undergraduate From under- + graduate.

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable) Of, relating to, or being an undergraduate.
    • After completing my undergraduate studies, I embarked on a career in publishing.

Antonyms

postgraduate (antonym(s) of “student, adjective”) · graduate (antonym(s) of “student”)

Coordinates

graduand

Deriveds

undergraduateship · nonundergraduate · undergraduacy · undergraduatish · undergraduette · postundergraduate · undergraduatedom · undergraduateness

Synonyms

pregraduate

Translations (8)

pl przeddyplomowy (of being an undergraduate) · bg студентски (of being an undergraduate) · sh preddiplomsko (of being an undergraduate) · vi đại học (of being an undergraduate) · cmn 本科 (of being an undergraduate) · fi perusopiskelijan (of being an undergraduate) · ms prasiswazah (of being an undergraduate) · pt de graduação (of being an undergraduate)

undergraduate en · NOUN

Pronunciation

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁én Proto-Indo-European *-tér Proto-Indo-European *h₁entér Proto-Indo-European *h₂én Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-? Proto-Indo-European *-dʰi ? Proto-Indo-European *(H)n̥dʰí Proto-Indo-European *-ér Proto-Indo-European *(H)n̥dʰér Proto-Germanic *under Proto-West Germanic *undar Old English under- Middle English under- English under- English graduate English undergraduate From under- + graduate.

Meanings

  1. A student at a university who has not yet received a degree.
    • Daniel Hajas is a physics undergraduate at Sussex and has been blind since he was 16. He first heard about Giles and the SSDs when Giles was looking for blind students to test the devices. 2017 October 10, Vanessa Potter, “My sudden synesthesia: how I went blind and started hearing colors”, in CNN, archived from the original on 20 Aug 2025:
    • It’s commonly cited that undergraduates are significantly smarter than average, with IQs ranging from 115 to 130. […] The decline in undergraduate IQs might just be another indication that the worth of a college degree has been hollowed out over time. 2024 January 23, Ross Pomeroy, “Why College Students' Average IQ Has Fallen 17 Points Since 1939”, in RealClearScience, archived from the original on 07 Mar 2024:

Forms

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undergraduates Number=Plur lexicographic

Translations (25)

pt estudante de graduação (student at a university who has not yet received a degree) · it laureando (student at a university who has not yet received a degree) · gl universitario (student at a university who has not yet received a degree) · el προπτυχιακός (student at a university who has not yet received a degree) · mk додипломец (student at a university who has not yet received a degree) · tr üniversite öğrencisi (student at a university who has not yet received a degree) · bg студе́нт (student at a university who has not yet received a degree) · es estudiante universitario no licenciado (student at a university who has not yet received a degree) · pt graduando (student at a university who has not yet received a degree) · hu egyetemista (student at a university who has not yet received a degree) · ru студе́нт (student at a university who has not yet received a degree) · hu felsőoktatási intézmény hallgatója (student at a university who has not yet received a degree) · pl licencjant (student at a university who has not yet received a degree) · gv fo-cheimee (student at a university who has not yet received a degree) · tr lisans öğrencisi (student at a university who has not yet received a degree) · de Student (student at a university who has not yet received a degree) · hu egyetemi hallgató (student at a university who has not yet received a degree) · cmn 本科生 (student at a university who has not yet received a degree) · fi perusopiskelija (student at a university who has not yet received a degree) · pl licencjantka (student at a university who has not yet received a degree) · hi पूर्वस्नातक (student at a university who has not yet received a degree) · ga fochéimí (student at a university who has not yet received a degree) · fr étudiant de licence (student at a university who has not yet received a degree) · gl universitaria (student at a university who has not yet received a degree) · sv student (student at a university who has not yet received a degree)