postgraduate

postgraduate
postgraduate (adj.) also post-graduate, 1858, originally Amer.Eng., from POST- (Cf. post-) + GRADUATE (Cf. graduate) (adj.). As a noun, attested from 1890. Abbreviation post-grad is recorded from 1950.

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  • postgraduate — ► ADJECTIVE ▪ relating to study undertaken after completing a first degree. ► NOUN ▪ a person engaged in postgraduate study …   English terms dictionary

  • Postgraduate — 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… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • postgraduate — ☆ postgraduate [pōst΄gra′jo͞o it ] adj. 1. of or taking a course of study after graduation, esp. after receipt of the bachelor s degree: see GRADUATE (adj. 2) 2. designating or of additional study, training, etc. undertaken after receipt of a… …   English World dictionary

  • postgraduate — [[t]po͟ʊstgræ̱ʤuət[/t]] postgraduates also post graduate 1) N COUNT A postgraduate or a postgraduate student is a student with a first degree from a university who is studying or doing research at a more advanced level. [BRIT] (in AM, use… …   English dictionary

  • postgraduate — post|grad|u|ate1 [ˌpəustˈgrædjuıt US ˌpoustˈgrædʒuıt] n especially BrE someone who is studying at a university to get a ↑master s degree or a ↑PhD American Equivalent: graduate student postgraduate 2 postgraduate2 adj [only before noun] 1.)… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • postgraduate — I UK [ˌpəʊs(t)ˈɡrædʒʊət] / US [ˌpoʊs(t)ˈɡrædʒʊət] adjective 1) British relating to study done after receiving your first university degree. The American word is graduate. 2) American relating to work or studies done after receiving an advanced… …   English dictionary

  • postgraduate — adj. & n. adj. 1 (of a course of study) carried on after taking a first degree. 2 of or relating to students following this course of study (postgraduate accommodation). n. a postgraduate student …   Useful english dictionary

  • postgraduate — /pohst graj ooh it, ayt /, adj. 1. of, pertaining to, characteristic of, or consisting of post graduates: a postgraduate seminar. n. 2. a student who is taking advanced work after graduation, as from a high school or college. [1855 60; POST +… …   Universalium

  • postgraduate — adj. Postgraduate is used with these nouns: ↑course, ↑degree, ↑diploma, ↑qualification, ↑researcher, ↑student, ↑study, ↑training …   Collocations dictionary

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