postgraduate
/ˌpəʊstˈɡɹædju.ət/
postgraduate noun: a person continuing to study in a field after having successfully completed a degree course.
Noun
postgraduate (plural postgraduates)
- A person continuing to study in a field after having successfully completed a degree course.
- Synonyms:
- postgrad, graduate student, PG
Adjective
postgraduate (not comparable)
- Of studies which take place after having successfully completed a degree course.
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postgraduate meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Malayalam and Gujarati
postgraduate in Hindi
- a person continuing to study after completing a degree
- स्नातकोत्तर snātkottar
- of studies taking place after completing a degree
- स्नातकोत्तर snātkottar
postgraduate in Tamil
- முதுமாணி
postgraduate in Malayalam
- ബിരുദാനന്തരപഠനത്തെ സംബന്ധിച്ച
postgraduate in Gujarati
- postgraduate
- અનુસ્નાતક anusnātak
More languagesFewer languages
- postgraduate in Malay
- pascasiswazah
- postgraduate in Indonesian
- pascasarjana
- postgraduate in Vietnamese
- cao học
Synonyms of postgraduate
Antonyms
Forms of postgraduate
| plural | postgraduates |
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Origin of postgraduate
From post- + graduate.
Words formed from postgraduate
Questions about postgraduate
- What does postgraduate mean?
- Postgraduate means a person continuing to study in a field after having successfully completed a degree course.
- What is postgraduate in Hindi?
- Postgraduate in Hindi is स्नातकोत्तर (snātkottar). See Postgraduate meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is postgraduate?
- Postgraduate can be a noun or an adjective.
- How do you pronounce postgraduate?
- Postgraduate is pronounced /ˌpəʊstˈɡɹædju.ət/.
- What is the plural of postgraduate?
- The plural of postgraduate is postgraduates.
Words near postgraduate in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: postgraduate (page history and authors); postgraduate (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); postgraduate (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); અનુસ્નાતક (Gujarati) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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