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WordBand 6.5–8Academic (NAWL)
postgraduate
/ˈpəʊstɡrəˌdjuːeɪt/
noun1 of 2
graduate studying for a further degree
- “I intend to study the subject at postgraduate level.”Tatoeba
- “Postgraduate research is much more demanding than research at undergraduate level.”Tatoeba
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adjective2 of 2
Of studies which take place after having successfully completed a degree course.
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Source: New Academic Word List (Browne, Culligan & Phillips) (CC BY-SA 4.0); Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0); Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR); IPA generated with eSpeak NG (GPL-3.0 (software))