Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

pregraduate

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: pre-grad-u-ate
IPA

15

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

4

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Of or pertaining to those studies that take place before a student completes a degree course.

noun

A person who is taking an academic course but has not yet graduated.

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *per- Proto-Indo-European *preh₂- Proto-Indo-European *-i Proto-Indo-European *préh₂i? Proto-Italic *prai Proto-Italic *prai- Latin prae-lbor. Middle English pre- English pre- English graduate English pregraduate From pre- + graduate.

Inflected Forms

pre-graduate (alternative) pregraduates (plural)

Synonyms

undergraduate

Antonyms

postgraduate

Questions

What does pregraduate mean?: Of or pertaining to those studies that take place before a student completes a degree course.
Where does pregraduate come from?: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *per- Proto-Indo-European *preh₂- Proto-Indo-European *-i Proto-Indo-European *préh₂i? Proto-Italic *prai Proto-Italic *prai- Latin prae-lbor. Middle English pre- English pre- English graduate English pregraduate From pre- + graduate.

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