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Meaning of postdoc | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B1
/ˈpoʊstˌdɒk/

Definitions

  1. A postdoctoral academic research position.
    informal
  2. Someone in such a position.
    informal

Equivalents

Examples

“"We have to sing for our supper, and that's something the young people are coming to terms with," said Dr. Robin Erbacher, 33, a postdoc at Fermilab.”
“Many of the postdocs are almost 40 before they start their first permanent positions and begin saving for retirement.”
“Two successful applications of the CRISPR-Cas9 system in an SCN- and cell-type-specific fashion [5] will all but certainly add to the common refrain of 'just CRISPR it' (grad students and postdocs, insert groan here).”

CEFR level

B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.

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