alumna
noun
a woman who was a student at a particular school, college, or university
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the American spelling of enrolment
noun
a student, or someone who has recently obtained a degree, who works in a job in order to get experience
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a student who plays a lot of sport. This word often shows that you do not like people like this, and it is used especially by other students who do not take part in sport.
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a student who is studying a particular subject as their main subject at college or university
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someone who begins studying at a college or university after they are 25 years old
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someone who is studying after receiving a first university degree. The American word is graduate.
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someone who is studying after receiving an advanced degree, such as an ma or a phd
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someone who studies a particular subject and knows a lot about it, especially a subject that is not scientific
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a student who is studying for a first degree at a college or university. A student who already has a first degree is a graduate.
a student who is in their first/second/third etc year at school or university
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