matriculate

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15
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19
Letters
11
Pronunciation
/məˈtɹɪkjəˌleɪt/
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/məˈtɹɪkjəˌleɪt/ · /məˈtɹɪkjʊˌleɪt/ · /məˈtɹɪkjəlɪt/ · /məˈtɹɪkjʊlɪt/

Definition of matriculate

6 senses · 3 parts of speech · etymology included

verb

  1. (transitive)To enroll as a member of a body, especially of a college or university.
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verb

  1. (transitive)To enroll as a member of a body, especially of a college or university.
  2. (broadly, often, transitive)To join or enter (a group, body, category of people, etc.).
    “As LGBTQ and ally-identified students matriculate to the workforce, many will come with an understanding of the importance of honoring personal pronouns and allowing for gender-inclusive pronouns such as "they, them, theirs."”
  3. (intransitive, stative)To be enrolled as a member of a body, especially of a college or university.
  4. (proscribed)To graduate (from a school or course of study).
    “[...] fewer than 100 indigenous Namibians have matriculated (graduated) annually from secondary school. In 1982 the number fell to 20.”
    “One of six distinguished brothers who matriculated from the school, he had enlisted together with two of his brothers, Christian and Gustav (or Gus).”
    “... matriculated from their nearby, isolated farming villages to come to the larger and more prosperous town. In the first year of West, Czechs founded both a Catholic parish and a Moravian Brethren church. By 1910, Czech businesses were[…]”
    “It was soon after matriculating (graduating from high school), that these words would ring true for Mervyn. He and one of his classmates returned to Mr. Meyer and were excited to inform him that they had passed their final high school examinations[…]”

adj

  1. (adjective, error-misspelling, not-comparable, obsolete, participle)Matriculated.
    “The fame matryculate Of poetes laureate.”

noun

  1. A person admitted to membership in a society or college.

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Etymology

The adjective is first attested in 1487, in Middle English, the verb in 1557; borrowed from Latin mātrīculātus, perfect passive participle of mātrīculō (“to register”) (see -ate (etymology 1, 2 and 3)), from mātrīcula (“public register”), a diminutive of Latin mātrīx (“list”). By surface analysis, matricul(a) + -ate + -ion.

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