postgraduate

1 of 2

adjective

post·​grad·​u·​ate ˌpōs(t)-ˈgra-jə-wət How to pronounce postgraduate (audio)
-ˌwāt,
-ˈgraj-wət
: of, relating to, or engaged in formal studies after graduation : graduate

postgraduate

2 of 2

noun

: a student continuing formal education after graduation from high school or college

Examples of postgraduate in a Sentence

Adjective After college, she spent her first postgraduate year studying abroad.
Recent Examples on the Web
Adjective
By Luke Jostins, a postgraduate student working on the genetic basis of complex autoimmune diseases. Guest Blogger, Discover Magazine, 16 Apr. 2012 At the same time, Ms. Hager showed a postgraduate appetite for media ventures on her terms. Matt Flegenheimer, New York Times, 21 Dec. 2022 For being a finalist, Stidham will receive an $18,000 postgraduate scholarship. Creg Stephenson | Cstephenson@al.com, al, 26 Oct. 2022 Her 1912 debut of the concerto (performed at Yale’s Woolsey Hall with a student ensemble) earned her the school’s inaugural Samuel Simons Sanford Fellowship, allowing her two years of postgraduate study in France. Michael Andor Brodeur, Washington Post, 20 Oct. 2022 Academia is important for a few reasons; this community generates studies that influence company actions or consumer choices and also often awakens young people to be creative in their postgraduate years. Walter Loeb, Forbes, 16 June 2022 The University of California and 48,000 people who work as teachers and researchers while earning postgraduate degrees came to a tentative labor agreement Friday, both sides announced. Dennis Romero, NBC News, 17 Dec. 2022 From there, Just became the first Black man to work at the Marine Biological Laboratory while pursuing his postgraduate degree through the University of Chicago. Monica Cull, Discover Magazine, 8 Feb. 2022 The majority of Caltech’s Class of 2020 went on to either pursue a postgraduate degree (45% of the class) or accept a full-time job (47%). Leena Kim, Town & Country, 16 Dec. 2022
Noun
Compare that with a Pew survey conducted last April, which found that only 5 percent of women with postgraduate degrees who married men chose to hyphenate their names. Rachel Gutman-Wei, The Atlantic, 2 Jan. 2024 Rose is working on a postgraduate dissertation focusing on finding ways to save the world’s bee population. Murtada Elfadl, Variety, 27 Jan. 2024 Through Morris’ postgraduate baseball journey, he’s kept that close connection with Leader and the Reservoir program. Jacob Steinberg, Baltimore Sun, 17 Jan. 2024 The scholarships pay for one or two years of postgraduate study at a British university of the student's choice. Michael T. Nietzel, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2023 Among people who haven't gone beyond high school, 22% say the American dream still holds true (down 25 points from 2010), compared with 40% of those with a postgraduate degree (down 19 points). Gary Langer, ABC News, 15 Jan. 2024 In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions for postgraduate scholarships awarded to high school football scholar athletes may be made to the National Football Foundation, Central Indiana Chapter, 4922 West 16th Street, Indianapolis Indiana 46224. Zion Brown, The Indianapolis Star, 4 Jan. 2024 Martin also never would have made it to Westwood without earning the postgraduate scholarship named for John McLendon, the former NCCU men’s basketball coach and civil rights advocate who once staged a secret game against white players from Duke during the Jim Crow era. Ben Bolch, Los Angeles Times, 14 Sep. 2023 Byatt was born in August 1936 in York, and attended Newnham College, Cambridge, and Bryn Mawr College before attending postgraduate studies at Somerville College in Oxford. Vulture, 17 Nov. 2023

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Word History

First Known Use

Adjective

1858, in the meaning defined above

Noun

1877, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of postgraduate was in 1858

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“Postgraduate.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/postgraduate. Accessed 19 Mar. 2024.

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postgraduate

1 of 2 adjective
post·​grad·​u·​ate (ˈ)pōst-ˈgraj-(ə-)wət How to pronounce postgraduate (audio)
-ə-ˌwāt
: of, relating to, or engaged in formal studies after graduation : graduate entry 2 sense 2

postgraduate

2 of 2 noun
: a student continuing his or her education after graduation

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