undergraduate
noun · adjective
Simple meaning
A university student who has not yet received a first degree.
Pronunciation
Say it like this:
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IPA pronunciation (US)
əndɚɡˈɹædʒəwət
This word is pronounced essentially the same in American and British English, so one transcription covers both.
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Definition
Everyday modern meanings first, grouped by part of speech.
noun
A university student who has not yet received a first degree
adjective
Of, relating to, or being an undergraduate.
Word Aura™
How this word commonly comes across.
Aura for this meaning
This meaning: A university student who has not yet received a first degree
Used this way, undergraduate is a reasonably familiar word that usually carries little praise or criticism of its own. It turns up most in education or classroom contexts.
- Emotional tone
- Neutral
- Formality
- Neutral
- Intensity
- Not strongly marked
- How common
- Moderately common
- Connotation
- Matter-of-fact
- Usage feel
- Neutral and straightforward
Where it naturally appears
- Education/classroom
Word Aura describes common impressions, not a measurement. Tone changes with sentence, speaker, relationship and situation.
More ways to use undergraduate
- “She is an undergraduate student studying psychology at the university.”
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