undergraduate

An undergraduate is a university or college student who has not completed a degree. (noun)

An example of an undergraduate is a college freshman just taking introductory classes.

Undergraduate describes something that is part of the first four years of college life. (adjective)

An example of something undergraduate is a course for college sophomores.

See undergraduate in Webster's New World College Dictionary

noun

a student at a university or college who has not yet received the first, or bachelor's, degree

adjective

See undergraduate in American Heritage Dictionary 4

(ŭnˌdər-grăjˈo͞o-ĭt)

noun

A college or university student who has not yet received a bachelor's or similar degree.

adjective

Of, relating to, or characteristic of undergraduates: undergraduate courses; undergraduate humor.
Having the standing of an undergraduate: an undergraduate transfer student.

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