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Pronunciation / Transliteration: hakbusaeng
"많은 학부생들이 도서관에서 시험 공부를 하고 있습니다."
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
A student at a university or college who has not yet received a first degree.
"The university offers specialized housing for incoming undergraduates."
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Relating to or being a student at a university or college who has not yet taken a first degree.
"She is pursuing an undergraduate degree in biology."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived from the prefix under- (meaning below or lower in rank) combined with graduate, which stems from medieval Latin graduare (to take a degree), from gradus (step). The term emerged in the late 18th century within British universities to designate a student who had not yet taken their first academic degree.
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étudiant de premier cycle
Transliteration: etydjɑ̃ də pʁəmje sikl
"De nombreux étudiants de premier cycle vivent sur le campus."
Studierende im Bachelorstudium
Transliteration: ˈʃtuːdiʁəndə ɪm ˈbaːtələʁˌʃtuːdiʊm
"Das Seminar richtet sich an Studierende im Bachelorstudium."
studente universitario
Transliteration: studente universitaːrio
"Molti studenti universitari cercano un lavoro part-time."
universitario
Transliteration: unibeɾsiˈtaɾjo
"El programa de intercambio está abierto a cualquier estudiante universitario."
graduando
Transliteration: ɡɾaduˈɐ̃du
"O graduando apresentou seu projeto de pesquisa."
स्नातक छात्र
Transliteration: snātak chātr
"विश्वविद्यालय में कई स्नातक छात्र अध्ययन कर रहे हैं।"
本科生
Transliteration: běnkēshēng
"图书馆为本科生提供了一个安静的学习环境。"
학부생
Transliteration: hakbusaeng
"많은 학부생들이 도서관에서 시험 공부를 하고 있습니다."
学部生
Transliteration: gakubusei
"彼は大学の学部生として経済学を学んでいます。"
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