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undergraduate

adj · noun · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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1

adj

Meaning 1

Of, relating to, or being an undergraduate.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

Examples

  • After completing my undergraduate studies, I embarked on a career in publishing.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

A student at a university who has not yet received a degree.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

a university student who has not yet received a first degree

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: undergrad

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: collegian, college man, college boy

Narrower terms: co-ed, college girl, lowerclassman, underclassman, senior

History

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h1én Proto-Indo-European *h1entér Proto-Indo-European *(H)n̥dhí Proto-Indo-European *-ér Proto-Indo-European *(H)n̥dhér Proto-Germanic *under Proto-West Germanic *undar Old English under- Middle English under- English under- English graduate English undergraduate From under- + graduate.

Across languages

Translations

30 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bulgarian: студентски (studentski) — of being an undergraduate
  • Chinese Mandarin: 本科 (běnkē) — of being an undergraduate
  • Finnish: perusopiskelijan — of being an undergraduate
  • Malay: prasiswazah — of being an undergraduate
  • Portuguese: de graduação — of being an undergraduate
  • Serbo-Croatian: preddiplomsko — of being an undergraduate
  • Vietnamese: đại học — of being an undergraduate
  • Bulgarian: студе́нт (studént) — student at a university who has not yet received a degree
  • Chinese Mandarin: 本科生 (běnkēshēng) — student at a university who has not yet received a degree
  • Finnish: perusopiskelija — student at a university who has not yet received a degree
  • French: étudiant de licence — student at a university who has not yet received a degree
  • Galician: universitario — student at a university who has not yet received a degree
  • Galician: universitaria — student at a university who has not yet received a degree
  • German: Student — student at a university who has not yet received a degree
  • Greek: προπτυχιακός (proptychiakós) — student at a university who has not yet received a degree
  • Hindi: पूर्वस्नातक (pūrvasnātak) — student at a university who has not yet received a degree
  • Hungarian: egyetemista — student at a university who has not yet received a degree
  • Hungarian: egyetemi hallgató — student at a university who has not yet received a degree
  • Hungarian: felsőoktatási intézmény hallgatója — student at a university who has not yet received a degree
  • Irish: fochéimí — student at a university who has not yet received a degree
  • Italian: laureando — student at a university who has not yet received a degree
  • Macedonian: додипломец (dodiplomec) — student at a university who has not yet received a degree
  • Manx: fo-cheimee — student at a university who has not yet received a degree
  • Portuguese: estudante de graduação — student at a university who has not yet received a degree
  • Portuguese: graduando — student at a university who has not yet received a degree
  • Russian: студе́нт (studént) — student at a university who has not yet received a degree
  • Spanish: estudiante universitario no licenciado — student at a university who has not yet received a degree
  • Swedish: student — student at a university who has not yet received a degree
  • Turkish: lisans öğrencisi — student at a university who has not yet received a degree
  • Turkish: üniversite öğrencisi — student at a university who has not yet received a degree
Real reading context

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