postsecondary

[ pohst-sek-uh n-der-ee ]
/ ˈpoʊstˈsɛk ənˌdɛr i /

adjective

of or relating to education beyond high school: She completed her postsecondary education at a two-year college.

Origin of postsecondary

First recorded in 1920–25; post- + secondary

Words nearby postsecondary

postremogeniture, postrider, postrorse, postscript, postseason, postsecondary, postsphygmic, postsphygmic interval, poststructuralism, postsynaptic, postsynaptic membrane

Example sentences from the Web for postsecondary

  • A third problem was the intense competition for places in higher education and other postsecondary institutions.

    Area Handbook for Bulgaria |Eugene K. Keefe, Violeta D. Baluyut, William Giloane, Anne K. Long, James M. Moore, and Neda A. Walpole

  • Between secondary and higher technical schools fall the advanced technicums, which function on a postsecondary level.

    Area Handbook for Bulgaria |Eugene K. Keefe, Violeta D. Baluyut, William Giloane, Anne K. Long, James M. Moore, and Neda A. Walpole