postdoctoral

ˌpoʊstˈdɑːktərəl

Definition

Definition of postdoctoral - Reverso English Dictionary

Noun

researcher

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person doing research after earning a doctorate

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The postdoctoral presented her findings at the conference.

postdoc

research fellow

Adjective

academic research

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relating to research or study after a doctoral degree

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She started her postdoctoral work at the university.

postdoc

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postdoctoral fellowship

paid research position taken after completing a doctoral degree

She accepted a postdoctoral fellowship at the university to continue her cancer research.

Origin of postdoctoral

Latin, post (after) + doctor (teacher)

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postdoc

researcher

someone in a postdoctoral research position

postdoc

school

postdoctoral academic research position

postdoc

education

grant funding postdoctoral study or research

Examples of postdoctoral in a sentence

He worked as a postdoctoral in the biology department.
He accepted a postdoctoral position in Germany.
The conference welcomed many postdoctoral researchers.

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French:postdoctorant, postdoctoral, ...
German:Postdoktorand, postdoktoral, ...
Italian:postdoc, postdottorale, ...
Spanish:investigador postdoctoral, posdoctoral, ...
Portuguese:pós-doutorada, pós-doutoral, ...
Chinese:博士后, 博士后的, ...
Japanese:ポストドクター, 博士研究員の, ...
Arabic:باحث ما بعد الدكتوراه, بَعْد الدُّكْتوراه, ...
Hebrew:פּוֹסְט-דוֹקְטוֹרַנְט, פּוֹסְטְדוֹקְטוֹרָנִי, ...
Russian:постдокторант, постдокторский, ...
Ukrainian:постдокторант, постдокторський, ...
Hindi:पोस्टडॉक्टोरल शोधकर्ता, डॉक्टरेटोत्तर, ...
Bengali:পোস্টডক্টোরাল, ডক্টরেট-পরবর্তী, ...
Catalan:postdoctorand, postdoctoral, ...
Czech:postdoktorand, postdoktorální, ...
Danish:postdoc, postdoktoral, ...
Dutch:postdoc, postdoctoraal, ...
Greek:μεταδιδακτορική, μεταδιδακτορικός, ...
Hungarian:posztdoktor, posztdoktori, ...
Khmer:អ្នកស្រាវជ្រាវក្រោយបណ្ឌិត, ក្រោយបណ្ឌិត, ...
Korean:박사 후 연구원, 박사 후의, ...
Persian:پژوهشگر پسادکترا, پسادکتری, ...
Polish:postdoktorant, podydoktorski, ...
Portuguese (BR):pós-doutorando, pós-doutoral, ...
Romanian:postdoctorand, postdoctoral, ...
Swedish:postdoktor, postdoktoral, ...
Thai:นักวิจัยหลังปริญญาเอก, หลังปริญญาเอก, ...
Turkish:doktoralı araştırmacı, doktora sonrası, ...
Vietnamese:nghiên cứu sinh sau tiến sĩ, sau tiến sĩ, ...

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