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matriculate

[ verb muh-trik-yuh-leyt; noun muh-trik-yuh-lit ]

verb (used with object)

, ma·tric·u·lat·ed, ma·tric·u·lat·ing.
  1. to enroll in a college or university as a candidate for a degree.
  2. to register (a coat of arms), used especially in Scottish heraldry.


verb (used without object)

, ma·tric·u·lat·ed, ma·tric·u·lat·ing.
  1. to be matriculated.

noun

  1. a person who has been matriculated.

matriculate

verb

  1. to enrol or be enrolled in an institution, esp a college or university
  2. intr to attain the academic standard required for a course at such an institution
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


noun

  1. Also calledmatriculant a person who has matriculated
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • maˈtricuˌlator, noun
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Other Words From

  • ma·tricu·lation noun
  • ma·tricu·lator noun
  • rema·tricu·late verb rematriculated rematriculating
  • unma·tricu·lated adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of matriculate1

1480–90 for earlier sense; < Medieval Latin mātrīculātus (person) listed (for some specific duty), equivalent to mātrīcul ( a ) list ( matriculant ) + -ātus -ate 1
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Word History and Origins

Origin of matriculate1

C16: from Medieval Latin mātrīculāre to register, from mātrīcula, diminutive of matrix list, matrix
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Example Sentences

The blue-chip recruits that routinely came to the school will no longer matriculate.

He said that I had better come up to matriculate next term, but should not have another examination.

I had presently to arrange a holiday and go to London to matriculate, and so it was I came upon my aunt and uncle again.

Baden was the first German State that allowed women to matriculate at its universities.

He received me with profound courtesy and feigned respect, but was staggered at my request to matriculate.

We were admitted to matriculate and study medicine, under certain conditions, to which I beg your attention.

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