noun
Meaning 1
A postdoctoral academic research position.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: informal
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
postdoc
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/ˈpoʊstˌdɒk/
noun
Meaning 2
Someone in such a position.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: informal
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
a scholar or researcher who is involved in academic study beyond the level of a doctoral degree
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: post doc
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: research worker, researcher, investigator, scholar, scholarly person, bookman, student
noun
Meaning 4
a grant that funds postdoctoral study or research
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: postdoctoral, post doc
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: grant-in-aid
History
Etymology
Clipping of postdoctoral.
Across languages
Translations
16 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Chinese Mandarin: 博士後 /博士后 (bó shì hòu) — a postdoctoral academic research position
- Chinese Mandarin: 博後 /博后 (bóhòu) — a postdoctoral academic research position
- Finnish: tutkijatohtorin tehtävä — a postdoctoral academic research position
- Finnish: postdokki — a postdoctoral academic research position
- Georgian: პოსტდოქტორანტურა (ṗosṭdokṭoranṭura) — a postdoctoral academic research position
- Georgian: პოსტ-დოქტორანტურა (ṗosṭ-dokṭoranṭura) — a postdoctoral academic research position
- Icelandic: nýdoktor — a postdoctoral academic research position
- Italian: ricercatore postdottorato — a postdoctoral academic research position
- Japanese: ポスドク (posudoku) — a postdoctoral academic research position
- Japanese: 博士研究員 (hakushi kenkyūin) — a postdoctoral academic research position
- Korean: 박사후연구원 (baksahuyeon'guwon) — a postdoctoral academic research position
- Russian: нау́чный сотру́дник с учёной степенью (naúčnyj sotrúdnik s učónoj stepenʹju) — a postdoctoral academic research position
- Finnish: tutkijatohtori — a postdoctoral researcher
- Finnish: postdokki — a postdoctoral researcher
- Italian: ricercatore post-dottorato — a postdoctoral researcher
- Spanish: postdoctor — a postdoctoral researcher