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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Two Cornell University undergraduate students with valid New York State hunting licenses lawfully killed a bear over the weekend.
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Greta Cross, USA Today, 11 Sep. 2025
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This is a sobering back-to-school fact for college undergraduates.
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Nearly 80% of all grades awarded to Yale undergraduates in 2023 were an A or A-.
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Greta Cross, USA Today, 11 Sep. 2025
Collaboration made system possible The project was led by Rice doctoral alum Brett Pogostin, who began exploring self-assembling peptides as an undergraduate.
—Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 10 Sep. 2025
This is a sobering back-to-school fact for college undergraduates.
—Bruno V. Manno, Forbes.com, 9 Sep. 2025
Nearly 80% of all grades awarded to Yale undergraduates in 2023 were an A or A-.
—Editorial, Boston Herald, 9 Sep. 2025
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“Undergraduate.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/undergraduate. Accessed 15 Sep. 2025.
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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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