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Matriculate
Definitions
- 1 Matriculated. adjective, error-misspelling, not-comparable, obsolete, participle
"The fame matryculate Of poetes laureate."
- 1 A person admitted to membership in a society or college.
- 2 someone who has been admitted to a college or university wordnet
- 1 To enroll as a member of a body, especially of a college or university. transitive
- 2 enroll as a student wordnet
- 3 To join or enter (a group, body, category of people, etc.). broadly, often, transitive
"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.""
- 4 To be enrolled as a member of a body, especially of a college or university. intransitive, stative
- 5 To graduate (from a school or course of study). proscribed
"[...] fewer than 100 indigenous Namibians have matriculated (graduated) annually from secondary school. In 1982 the number fell to 20."
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”).
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”).
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”).
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