Meanings
adjectivepregraduate (not comparable)
alternative pre-graduate
- not comparableOf or pertaining to those studies that take place before a student completes a degree course.
Synonyms: undergraduate
nounpregraduate (plural pregraduates)
plural pregraduates · alternative pre-graduate
- A person who is taking an academic course but has not yet graduated.
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveOf or pertaining to those studies that take place before a student completes a degree course.
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Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*per-
- Proto-Indo-European*preh₂-
- Proto-Indo-European*préh₂i?
- Proto-Italic*prai
- Proto-Italic*prai-
- Latinprae-
- Middle Englishpre-
- Englishpre-
- Englishgraduate
- Englishpregraduate
Translations
Czech pregraduální
- pregraduálnípertaining to the time before graduation
Polish przeddyplomowy, licencjant
- przeddyplomowypertaining to the time before graduation
- licencjantTranslations
- licencjantkaTranslations
Spanish de pregado, pregraduado
- de pregadopertaining to the time before graduation
- pregraduadopertaining to the time before graduation
- estudiante de pregradoTranslations
- pregraduadoTranslations
Cite this entry
APA
pregraduate. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pregraduate
MLA
“pregraduate.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pregraduate. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “pregraduate,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pregraduate.
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