post·grad·u·ate
ˌpōs(t)-ˈgra-jə-wət 
-ˌwāt,
-ˈgraj-wət
: of, relating to, or engaged in formal studies after graduation : graduate
: a student continuing formal education after graduation from high school or college
Examples of postgraduate in a Sentence
Adjective
After college, she spent her first postgraduate year studying abroad.
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At the same time, Ms. Hager showed a postgraduate appetite for media ventures on her terms.
—Matt Flegenheimer, New York Times, 21 Dec. 2022
Darren Walker, Foreign Affairs, 15 Oct. 2018
And this year, that desperation was exacerbated by cheating scandals that disrupted India’s extremely competitive undergraduate and postgraduate entrance exams.
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Adjective
By Luke Jostins, a postgraduate student working on the genetic basis of complex autoimmune diseases.
—Guest Blogger, Discover Magazine, 16 Apr. 2012
At the same time, Ms. Hager showed a postgraduate appetite for media ventures on her terms.
—Matt Flegenheimer, New York Times, 21 Dec. 2022
Noun
By 2013, the program had paid for more than 4,300 fellows from 22 developing countries to earn graduate or postgraduate degrees, many of whom were educated in the global South.
—Darren Walker, Foreign Affairs, 15 Oct. 2018
And this year, that desperation was exacerbated by cheating scandals that disrupted India’s extremely competitive undergraduate and postgraduate entrance exams.
—Fahad Shah, The Christian Science Monitor, 9 Aug. 2024
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“Postgraduate.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/postgraduate. Accessed 1 Oct. 2024.
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postgraduate
1 of 2 adjective
post·grad·u·ate
(ˈ)pōst-ˈgraj-(ə-)wət
-ə-ˌwāt
: of, relating to, or engaged in formal studies after graduation : graduate entry 2 sense 2
postgraduate
2 of 2 noun
: a student continuing his or her education after graduation
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