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post-bac

post-bac is the clipping of postbaccalaureate.

Meaning of postbaccalaureate

Adjective

postbaccalaureate (not comparable)

  1. Subsequent and in addition to the baccalaureate, or bachelor's, degree
    • She graduated from Wellesley and received a certificate in postbaccalaureate premedical studies from Georgetown.2009 January 18, “Maria Lapointe and Samuel Hodas”, in New York Times

Questions about post-bac

What is post-bac the clipping of?
Post-bac is the clipping of postbaccalaureate.

Words near post-bac in the dictionary

  1. post-apocalypse
  2. post-apocalypses
  3. post-apocalyptic
  4. post-auction
  5. post-authoritarian
  6. post-bac
  7. post-bacc
  8. post-baccalaureate
  9. post-bellum
  10. post-blackness
  11. post-block

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