undergraduate

undergraduate
undergraduateship, n.
/un'deuhr graj"ooh it, -ayt'/, n.
1. a student in a university or college who has not received a first, esp. a bachelor's, degree.
adj.
2. having the standing of an undergraduate.
3. of, for, pertaining to, or characteristic of undergraduates.
[1620-30; UNDER- + GRADUATE]

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  • Undergraduate — Un der*grad u*ate, a. Of or pertaining to an undergraduate, or the body of undergraduates. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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  • Undergraduate — Un der*grad u*ate, n. A member of a university or a college who has not taken his first degree; a student in any school who has not completed his course. Contrasted with {graduate student}. [1913 Webster +PJC] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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  • undergraduate — (n.) 1620s, a hybrid formed from UNDER (Cf. under) + GRADUATE (Cf. graduate) (n.). British used fem. form undergraduette in 1920s 30s …   Etymology dictionary

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  • Undergraduate — Als grundständiges Studium werden Studiengänge bezeichnet, die zu einem ersten Hochschulabschluss führen. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1 Deutschland und Österreich 2 Vereinigtes Königreich 3 USA 4 Einzelnachweise 5 Weblink …   Deutsch Wikipedia

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