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postgraduate

2 ENTRIES FOUND:
  1. 1) postgraduate (adjective)
  2. 2) postgraduate (noun)

1post·grad·u·ate

adj
\ˌpōs(t)-ˈgra-jə-wət, -ˌwāt, -ˈgraj-wət\

Definition of POSTGRADUATE

: of, relating to, or engaged in formal studies after graduation : graduate
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Examples of POSTGRADUATE

  1. After college, she spent her first postgraduate year studying abroad.

First Known Use of POSTGRADUATE

1858

Other Education Terms

baccalaureate, colloquium, corequisite, dissertation, monograph, pedant, practicum, survey course, thesis

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