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POSTDOC
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Dictionary entry overview: What does postdoc mean?
• POSTDOC (noun)
The noun POSTDOC has 2 senses:
1. a grant that funds postdoctoral study or research
2. a scholar or researcher who is involved in academic study beyond the level of a doctoral degree
Familiarity information: POSTDOC used as a noun is rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A grant that funds postdoctoral study or research
Classified under:
Nouns denoting possession and transfer of possession
Synonyms:
post doc; postdoc; postdoctoral
Hypernyms ("postdoc" is a kind of...):
grant-in-aid (a grant to a person or school for some educational project)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A scholar or researcher who is involved in academic study beyond the level of a doctoral degree
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
post doc; postdoc
Hypernyms ("postdoc" is a kind of...):
investigator; research worker; researcher (a scientist who devotes himself to doing research)
bookman; scholar; scholarly person; student (a learned person (especially in the humanities); someone who by long study has gained mastery in one or more disciplines)
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