postgrad

[ pohst-grad ]

adjective

, Informal.

1. postgraduate.

Word History and Origins

Origin of postgrad¹

First recorded in 1945–50; by shortening

Example Sentences

Chung, who immigrated to the U.S. at 17, left her postgrad career in high tech to pursue her passion for food, according to her website.

From Los Angeles Times

Dimitra had boarded the train in Volos on the coast after finishing her postgrad class, and was inside one of the front carriages of the passenger train carrying some 350 people from Athens to Thessaloniki.

From BBC

"I remember her determination which was very impressive for me," says Jamshid Derakhshan, who was studying for a postgrad degree in mathematics when Truss was an undergraduate.

From BBC

She dealt with all the normal postgrad malaise and the loneliness that comes along with doing the opposite of what your friends are doing.

From Los Angeles Times

She dealt with all the normal postgrad malaise and the loneliness that comes along with doing the opposite of what your friends are doing.

From Los Angeles Times