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Postgraduate — Dans les systèmes universitaires de tradition anglo saxonne, le cycle postgraduate (anglais britannique) ou graduate (anglais américain) désigne, par opposition à undergraduate, le cycle d études supérieures poursuivi après l obtention d un… … Wikipédia en Français
postgraduate — ► ADJECTIVE ▪ relating to study undertaken after completing a first degree. ► NOUN ▪ a person engaged in postgraduate study … English terms dictionary
Postgraduate — Post*grad u*ate, a. [Pref. post + graduate.] Of, pertaining to, or designating, the studies pursued after graduation, esp., after receiving the bachelor s degree at a college; graduate. n. A student who pursues such studies. Note: Most careful… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
postgraduate — (adj.) also post graduate, 1858, originally Amer.Eng., from POST (Cf. post ) + GRADUATE (Cf. graduate) (adj.). As a noun, attested from 1890. Abbreviation post grad is recorded from 1950 … Etymology dictionary
postgraduate — ☆ postgraduate [pōst΄gra′jo͞o it ] adj. 1. of or taking a course of study after graduation, esp. after receipt of the bachelor s degree: see GRADUATE (adj. 2) 2. designating or of additional study, training, etc. undertaken after receipt of a… … English World dictionary
postgraduate — [[t]po͟ʊstgræ̱ʤuət[/t]] postgraduates also post graduate 1) N COUNT A postgraduate or a postgraduate student is a student with a first degree from a university who is studying or doing research at a more advanced level. [BRIT] (in AM, use… … English dictionary
postgraduate — post|grad|u|ate1 [ˌpəustˈgrædjuıt US ˌpoustˈgrædʒuıt] n especially BrE someone who is studying at a university to get a ↑master s degree or a ↑PhD American Equivalent: graduate student postgraduate 2 postgraduate2 adj [only before noun] 1.)… … Dictionary of contemporary English
postgraduate — I UK [ˌpəʊs(t)ˈɡrædʒʊət] / US [ˌpoʊs(t)ˈɡrædʒʊət] adjective 1) British relating to study done after receiving your first university degree. The American word is graduate. 2) American relating to work or studies done after receiving an advanced… … English dictionary
postgraduate — adj. & n. adj. 1 (of a course of study) carried on after taking a first degree. 2 of or relating to students following this course of study (postgraduate accommodation). n. a postgraduate student … Useful english dictionary
postgraduate — /pohst graj ooh it, ayt /, adj. 1. of, pertaining to, characteristic of, or consisting of post graduates: a postgraduate seminar. n. 2. a student who is taking advanced work after graduation, as from a high school or college. [1855 60; POST +… … Universalium
postgraduate — adj. Postgraduate is used with these nouns: ↑course, ↑degree, ↑diploma, ↑qualification, ↑researcher, ↑student, ↑study, ↑training … Collocations dictionary
