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undergraduate
noun [C] /ˌʌn.dəˈɡræd.ju.ət/
/-dɚ-/ Definition
› a student who is studying for their first degree at college or university → Compare graduate noun, postgraduate nounStudents and pupils
(Definition of undergraduate noun from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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