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undergraduate | American Dictionary

undergraduate
noun[ C ]
us/ˌʌn·dərˈɡrædʒ·u·ət/
a student at a college or university who has not yet received a bachelor’s degree (= the first degree given)

Examples of undergraduate

undergraduate
The book is valuable to undergraduate students, but it can also be a quick refresher on the topic for some graduate students.
From the point of view of advanced undergraduate teaching the topic provides an excellent example of the evolution of an orogenic belt by terrane accretion.
The experiment can also be useful to undergraduate classes in developing countries as it helps students develop methods to deal with local problems.
It is based on physical principles, but the mathematics is limited so that interested undergraduate students will be able to follow.
This section of the book (and it is not the only one) should be required reading for all undergraduate students of the drama.
Three undergraduate students were trained to code the videotapes.
Typically, the undergraduates experience only two observation sessions of between two and four hours.
The book is definitely useful for both undergraduate and graduate courses.
It could serve as a text for graduate or advanced undergraduate courses and will be useful as a reference resource.
She teaches music education, arts education and music appreciation at undergraduate level and also holds a research position.
The lucid exposition of these long-standing and thorny debates should prove a sure way to undergraduates' hearts, whatever their creed.
It will no doubt be adopted by many undergraduate courses in the philosophy of religion.
Bioethics was institutionalized as an obligatory part of the undergraduate and graduate schedule in medical schools.
Therefore, for a typical undergraduate using this book, the learning curve will be steep.
All of the nurse practitioners had completed or were studying for undergraduate or postgraduate advanced practice/nurse practitioner qualifications.
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Collocations withundergraduate

undergraduate

These are words often used in combination with undergraduate.

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first-year undergraduate
This book definitely earns its place on first-year undergraduate reading lists, but alongside more critical perspectives.
full-time undergraduate
I, too, only recently left full-timeundergraduate life.
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