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Definition of postgraduate adjective from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

 

postgraduate

 adjective
adjective
NAmE//ˌpoʊstˈɡrædʒuət//
 
(informal postgrad
NAmE//ˈpoʊstɡræd//
 
)
 
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connected with further studies that someone does at a university after receiving their first degree postgraduate studies/research a postgraduate course compare postdoctoral More Aboutstudents
  • A student is a person who is studying at a school, college, university, etc.
  • An undergraduate is a student who is studying for their first degree at a university or college.
  • Graduate is usually used with another noun and can describe a person who has completed a first degree at a university or college, or a person who has finished high school:a college graduate a high school graduate
  • A graduate student is a person who has finished a first degree and is doing advanced study or research.
postgraduate noun
 
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