# undergraduate

Pronunciation: US say "un-der-GRAJ-oo-it" /ˌʌndɚˈɡɹæd͡ʒuət/; UK say "un-duh-GRAJ-oo-it" /ˌʌndəˈɡɹæd͡ʒuət/

## Noun

1. Someone enrolled at a college or university who is studying for, but has not yet earned, a bachelor's or comparable first degree.
   - Simple: A college or university student who has not yet earned a first degree.
   - _As an undergraduate, she spent her summers doing research in a chemistry lab._
   - _The library runs special workshops aimed at first-year undergraduates._

## Adjective

2. Relating to an undergraduate, or to the period of study before a first degree is earned.
   - Simple: Having to do with college students who have not yet earned a first degree.
   - _The university revamped its undergraduate curriculum last year._
   - _He completed his undergraduate studies before applying to law school._

## Origin

Formed from the prefix 'under-' combined with 'graduate'.

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/undergraduate (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).