Definition of undergraduate
: a student at a college or university who has not received a first and especially a bachelor's degree
undergraduate
adjectiveFrom the M-W Editors
Examples of undergraduate in a Sentence
a group of college undergraduates
Recent Examples of undergraduate from the Web
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For example, undergraduates should not feel comfortable bringing up these data in class discussions unrelated to genetic research; society would gain nothing from their doing so.
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International undergraduates at universities like UC and Miami are spending about $200,000 for a degree.
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Around 70 of Durham’s undergraduates have already signed up to the module Harry Potter and the Age of Illusion, which will be offered for the first time this autumn as part of the university’s Education Studies BA degree.
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Cooper has an Alabama link to Sessions, having received his undergraduate and law degrees from the University of Alabama.
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Under the program, the federal government gives money to college and universities, which covers up to 75 percent of the salaries of undergraduate and graduate students working on campus.
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For-profit schools taught about a 10th of all undergraduates at their peak but have been a...
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Community colleges make up the largest sector of American post-secondary education, enrolling 45 percent of all U.S. undergraduates.
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The campus is no longer majority white; about 23% of undergraduates are eligible for Pell Grants, federal financial aid for low-income students.
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First Known Use of undergraduate
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UNDERGRADUATE Defined for English Language Learners
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: a student at a college or university who has not yet earned a degree
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