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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Stetson today enrolls about 2,400 undergraduates and 1,400 graduate students.
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Steven Walker, The Orlando Sentinel, 4 Jan. 2026
Merriam, who grew up in New Haven, attended Georgetown University as an undergraduate and law school at the University of Connecticut and Yale University.
—Edmund H. Mahony, Hartford Courant, 1 Jan. 2026
Gottlieb spoke only Yiddish but learned English from schoolmates and went on to receive his undergraduate degree and his master’s from UCLA.
—Mike Barnes, HollywoodReporter, 30 Dec. 2025
Using a handheld controller, undergraduate Yaseen Taha flew it to a point 35 meters above the burning pallets.
—IEEE Spectrum, 24 Dec. 2025
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Steven Walker, The Orlando Sentinel, 4 Jan. 2026
Merriam, who grew up in New Haven, attended Georgetown University as an undergraduate and law school at the University of Connecticut and Yale University.
—Edmund H. Mahony, Hartford Courant, 1 Jan. 2026
Gottlieb spoke only Yiddish but learned English from schoolmates and went on to receive his undergraduate degree and his master’s from UCLA.
—Mike Barnes, HollywoodReporter, 30 Dec. 2025
Using a handheld controller, undergraduate Yaseen Taha flew it to a point 35 meters above the burning pallets.
—IEEE Spectrum, 24 Dec. 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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