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[ pohst-graj-oo-it, -eyt ] / poʊstˈgrædʒ u ɪt, -ˌeɪt / SEE SYNONYMS FOR postgraduate ON THESAURUS.COM
adjectiveof, pertaining to, characteristic of, or consisting of post-graduates: a postgraduate seminar. nouna student who is taking advanced work after graduation, as from a high school or college. Origin of postgraduateFirst recorded in 1855–60; post- + graduate Words nearby postgraduatepostganglionic, postganglionic motor neuron, postgastrectomy syndrome, postglacial, postgrad, postgraduate, posthaste, postheat, posthepatitic cirrhosis, posthioplasty, posthitis Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for postgraduateDuring the 1990s, however, he went abroad again to finish his postgraduate studies at Glasgow Caledonian University. Hassan Rouhani: Iran’s Mysterious New President|Omid Memarian|September 23, 2013|DAILY BEAST In the Northeast, spring is in the air, and at Ivy League schools, kids are planning their postgraduate futures. Bridgewater May Be the Hottest Hedge Fund for Harvard Grads, but It’s Also the Weirdest|Daniel Gross|March 7, 2013|DAILY BEAST She said she might someday go for her postgraduate degree, but she also wants to start several businesses. Octomom Nadya Suleman Wants to Shed Her Creepy Persona|Maria Elena Fernandez|July 9, 2012|DAILY BEAST I went to Andover with Belichick in the 1970s (he was there for a postgraduate year while I was kept prisoner for four years). The Material Super Bowl: Madonna, Ferris Bueller—and the Game, Too|Buzz Bissinger|February 3, 2012|DAILY BEAST
(This may reflect the decided 58-40 pro-Obama tilt of professors, lawyers, teachers, and others with postgraduate degrees). Obama Didn't Really Change Anything|Michael Lind|November 6, 2008|DAILY BEAST The postgraduate may play the game using as counters the great and distinctive cheeses of more than fifty countries. The Complete Book of Cheese|Robert Carlton Brown It is hoped that these repeated examinations may lead to the continuation of such habits of bodily care in postgraduate years. College Teaching|Paul Klapper After this he seemed to have spent some time at postgraduate work in Vienna, especially in mathematics under Johann von Gmnden. The Century of Columbus|James J. Walsh In fact she was merely taking a postgraduate course in certain studies. The Mission of Janice Day|Helen Beecher Long The man who can do this may be said to have passed his postgraduate examination as a first-class coachman. Riding and Driving|Edward L. Anderson
British Dictionary definitions for postgraduate
nouna student who has obtained a degree from a university, etc, and is pursuing studies for a more advanced qualification (modifier) of or relating to such a student or to his studies Also (US and Canadian): graduate Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to postgraduatealum, alumna |