Academic / B2

BACH-uh-l-uh/ˈbætʃələ/

A bachelor’s degree is a first degree; a bachelor can also mean an unmarried man. Undergraduate is the student; graduate is wider. BA/BSc are types. Do not call a master’s a bachelor’s. Graduate schemes ask for a bachelor’s in engineering.

Meaning

A person who holds a first degree (a bachelor’s degree); also an unmarried man.

Examples

• “A bachelor’s in engineering is the minimum for the graduate scheme.”
• “The form asked marital status, not whether he was “a bachelor”, which is the older social sense.”

Good to know

a bachelor’s degree / a bachelor’s in. Student: undergraduate. Next: master’s. Older sense: unmarried man. Apostrophe: bachelor’s. Job specs.

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