Meaning of POSTGRADUATE
| Pronunciation: | | powst'grajooit
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- [n] a student who continues studies after graduation
- [adj] of or relating to studies beyond a bachelor's degree; "graduate courses"
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| | Synonyms: | | grad student, graduate student, graduate(a), high |
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| | See Also: | | college boy, college man, collegian | |
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| | Definition: | | \Post*grad"u*ate\, a. [Pref. post- + graduate.]
Of, pertaining to, or designating, the studies pursued after
graduation, esp., after receiving the bachelor's degree at a
college; graduate. -- n. A student who pursues such studies.
Note: Most careful writers consider the word graduate to be
the proper word to use in this sense.
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| | Related Terms: | | academic, alumna, alumnae, alumni, alumnus, autodidactic, bookish, college graduate, college man, college-bred, collegiate, cross-disciplinary, degrees, doctoral candidate, educated class, educated man, grad, graduate, graduate student, graduate-professional, interdisciplinary, learned, meritocracy, pedagogical, professional, scholarly, scholastic, schoolboyish, schoolgirlish, schoolish, sophomoric, studentlike, studious, undergraduate |
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