postdoctoral

English

Etymology

From post- +‎ doctoral.

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /pəʊs(t)ˈdɒkt(ə)r(ə)l/
  • Hyphenation: post‧doc‧tor‧al

Adjective

postdoctoral (not comparable)

  1. After receiving a doctorate; especially of academic research or study beyond the level of a doctoral degree.
    • 2001 August 21, Jennifer 8. Lee, “Postdoc Trail: Long and Filled With Pitfalls”, in The New York Times‎[1]:
      When Dr. Michael Dugan took his first postdoctoral research appointment in 1985, he considered it a steppingstone to a permanent theoretical physics post on a college faculty.

Hypernyms

Translations

Noun

postdoctoral (plural postdoctorals)

  1. Synonym of postdoc.

Spanish

Adjective

postdoctoral m or f (masculine and feminine plural postdoctorales)

  1. postdoctoral
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