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graduate committeeA group of faculty members who supervise and evaluate a graduate student's academic progress and thesis or dissertation

Part of speech: NOUN

Definition: A group of faculty members who supervise and evaluate a graduate student's academic progress and thesis or dissertation

Pronunciation (IPA): /ˈɡrædʒuət kəˈmɪti/

Korean meaning: 대학원생의 학업 진행과 논문을 지도하고 평가하는 교수진 위원회

Korean pronunciation: **그래**쥬얻 커**미**티

Example Sentences

  • Sarah's graduate committee was so strict that they made her rewrite her thesis three times.
  • The graduate committee consists of five professors from different departments.
  • He was so nervous before his graduate committee defense that he forgot his own name.

graduate committee

NOUN

//ˈɡrædʒuət kəˈmɪti//

A group of faculty members who supervise and evaluate a graduate student's academic progress and thesis or dissertation

graduate committee concept
💡 Concept

A group of faculty members who supervise and evaluate a graduate student's academic progress and thesis or dissertation

graduate committee rhyme
🎵 Rhyme

The graduate committee overlooks the city, where knowledge meets reality!

🎤Pronunciation

🇺🇸 US/ˈɡrædʒuət kəˈmɪti/
🇬🇧 UK/ˈɡrædʒuət kəˈmɪti/

🌳Etymology

Rootgradus

Origin

Graduate는 라틴어 'gradus(단계)'에서 유래되어 학위를 받은 사람을 의미하고, committee는 라틴어 'committere(맡기다)'에서 온 말로, 특정 업무를 맡은 위원회를 뜻한다.

🎵Rhyme

committeepitycity
committee
pity
city

🔗Collocations

form a graduate committee
graduate committee meeting
graduate committee chair
graduate committee member
graduate committee approval

📝Examples

😄 Fun example

Sarah's graduate committee was so strict that they made her rewrite her thesis three times.

The graduate committee consists of five professors from different departments.

😄 Fun example

He was so nervous before his graduate committee defense that he forgot his own name.

The graduate committee approved her dissertation proposal unanimously.

📚Related Words

Synonyms

thesis committeedissertation committeeadvisory committeesupervisory committee

Related

graduate schoolthesis defensedissertationadvisorfaculty

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