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undergrad

noun

un·​der·​grad ˈən-dər-ˌgrad How to pronounce undergrad (audio)
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Pritchard met his wife, Caroline, as undergrads at Stanford and three of their four children were born at Stanford Hospital. CBS News, 28 Nov. 2025 In 2020, one of my undergrads at the University of Southern California told me that her mum was a writer. Victor J. Blue, Harpers Magazine, 23 Nov. 2025 Or just drunk undergrads being drunk undergrads. Sean Keeler, Denver Post, 23 Nov. 2025 Twenty years ago, 25 percent of the grades given to Harvard undergrads were A’s. Ian Bogost, The Atlantic, 4 Nov. 2025 See All Example Sentences for undergrad

Word History

First Known Use

1827, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of undergrad was in 1827

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“Undergrad.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/undergrad. Accessed 6 Dec. 2025.

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