undergraduate
noun
un·der·grad·u·ate
ˌən-dər-ˈgra-jə-wət 
-ˌwāt;
-ˈgraj-wət
: a student at a college or university who has not received a first and especially a bachelor's degree
undergraduate
adjective
Examples of undergraduate in a Sentence
a group of college undergraduates
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As a Brown undergraduate, the narrator took one of Thomas’s classes, which marked him indelibly.
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Giles Harvey, New Yorker, 30 Mar. 2026
Available only at the Milan campus for the moment, the core offering of the new educational project will be a three-year undergraduate program starting in October and mixing creative, technical and managerial skills.
—Sandra Salibian, Footwear News, 30 Mar. 2026
Eric received his undergraduate degree from the University of Toledo and an MBA from the College of Charleston in South Carolina.
—Dan Avery, CNBC, 30 Mar. 2026
The move — which was not originally on the agenda for the State University System’s Board of Governors — will effectively relegate introductory sociology to an elective starting this fall, removing it from the core curriculum taken by most undergraduates.
—Garrett Shanley, Miami Herald, 26 Mar. 2026
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Giles Harvey, New Yorker, 30 Mar. 2026
Available only at the Milan campus for the moment, the core offering of the new educational project will be a three-year undergraduate program starting in October and mixing creative, technical and managerial skills.
—Sandra Salibian, Footwear News, 30 Mar. 2026
Eric received his undergraduate degree from the University of Toledo and an MBA from the College of Charleston in South Carolina.
—Dan Avery, CNBC, 30 Mar. 2026
The move — which was not originally on the agenda for the State University System’s Board of Governors — will effectively relegate introductory sociology to an elective starting this fall, removing it from the core curriculum taken by most undergraduates.
—Garrett Shanley, Miami Herald, 26 Mar. 2026
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“Undergraduate.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/undergraduate. Accessed 3 Apr. 2026.
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undergraduate
noun
un·der·grad·u·ate
ˌən-dər-ˈgraj-(ə-)wət
-ə-ˌwāt
: a student at a college or university who has not yet received a degree
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