undergrad

noun

un·​der·​grad ˈən-dər-ˌgrad How to pronounce undergrad (audio)

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Miller then started a chapter of Horowitz’s Students for Academic Freedom at Duke as an undergrad. Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 7 May 2025 With picturesque Georgian Colonial revival architecture and 7,000 undergrads, the school, which is 20 minutes from Princeton, has 50 majors, including Business, Education, Engineering, Psychology, Nursing and Exercise Science. Emma Whitford, Forbes.com, 7 May 2025 And baseball missed the NCAA tournament for the first time in eight years after All-American slugger Braden Montgomery, an undergrad, bolted for Texas A&M in 2023 for a six-figure deal. Stewart Mandel, New York Times, 1 May 2025 Earlier this week, the University of Connecticut confirmed that 13 students — six undergrads, six graduate students and one person in a post-graduate professional program — had seen their visa status terminated by federal authorities. Emilia Otte, Hartford Courant, 18 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for undergrad

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First Known Use

1827, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of undergrad was in 1827

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“Undergrad.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/undergrad. Accessed 20 May. 2025.

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