postdoctoral

From post- + doctoral.

• (UK) IPA^(key): /pəʊs(t)ˈdɒkt(ə)r(ə)l/
• Hyphenation: post‧doc‧tor‧al

postdoctoral (not comparable)

1. After receiving a doctorate; especially of academic research or study beyond the level of a doctoral degree.
   • 2001 August 21, Jennifer 8. Lee, “Postdoc Trail: Long and Filled With Pitfalls”, in The New York Times‎^[1]:

     When Dr. Michael Dugan took his first postdoctoral research appointment in 1985, he considered it a steppingstone to a permanent theoretical physics post on a college faculty.

• doctoral

postdoctoral (plural postdoctorals)

1. Synonym of postdoc.

• posdoctoral

postdoctoral m or f (masculine and feminine plural postdoctorales)

1. postdoctoral

• Seco, Manuel; Andrés, Olimpia; Ramos, Gabino (2023), “postdoctoral”, in Diccionario del español actual (in Spanish), third digital edition, Fundación BBVA