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
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a group of college undergraduates
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Peter D'abrosca, FOXNews.com, 4 Dec. 2025
By comparison, international undergraduate students made up 6% of Columbia’s undergraduate student population in 2000, and 12% in 2011.
—Andrew P. Morriss, The Conversation, 3 Dec. 2025
While an undergraduate student at New York University's Tisch School of the Arts, Elizabeth landed a series of roles in independent films, most notably the 2011 psychological drama Martha Marcy May Marlene.
—Catherine Santino, PEOPLE, 1 Dec. 2025
In a separate study, undergraduate student Levi Hancock utilized ptycho-tomography to image a single pillar of TPP foam just 10 microns wide.
—Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 27 Nov. 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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