noun

undergraduate

undergraduate, university student

He is an undergraduate at Harvard.

He is an undergraduate at Harvard.

The course is for undergraduates only.

The course is for undergraduates only.

an undergraduate ((at a university)) a student at a university who has not yet received a degree. He is an undergraduate at Harvard.

Synonyms: student, undergrad; Antonyms: graduate, postgraduate

From the prefix 'under-' and the noun 'graduate'. It refers to a student who is 'under' the level of a graduate.

Think of it as a student who is 'under' the level of a 'graduate'. They haven't graduated yet.

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