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undergraduacy

/ˌʌndəɹˈɡɹæd͡ʒuːəsi/

undergraduacy noun: the period of time spent in college or university by a student who has not yet earned a bachelor's or equivalent degree.

Noun

undergraduacy (uncountable)

  1. The period of time spent in college or university by a student who has not yet earned a bachelor's or equivalent degree.
    • the days of my undergraduacy long ago when there used to be these very long Saturday afternoons in the fall with nothing to do […]1953, Tom Lehrer, introduction to Fight Fiercely, Harvard

Origin of undergraduacy

From undergraduate + -cy.

Questions about undergraduacy

What does undergraduacy mean?
Undergraduacy means the period of time spent in college or university by a student who has not yet earned a bachelor's or equivalent degree.
What part of speech is undergraduacy?
Undergraduacy is a noun.
How do you pronounce undergraduacy?
Undergraduacy is pronounced /ˌʌndəɹˈɡɹæd͡ʒuːəsi/.

Words near undergraduacy in the dictionary

  1. undergrade
  2. undergraded
  3. undergrades
  4. undergrading
  5. undergrads
  6. undergraduacy
  7. undergraduate
  8. undergraduatedom
  9. undergraduateness
  10. undergraduates
  11. undergraduateship

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