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matriculate

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

verb (used with object)

matriculated, matriculating.
  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)

matriculated, matriculating.
  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

  • ˈٰˌٴǰ, noun
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Other yvlog Forms

  • ·ٰu·tDz noun
  • ·ٰu·tǰ noun
  • m·ٰu·ٱ verb rematriculated rematriculating
  • ܲm·ٰu·e adjective
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of matriculate1

1480–90 for earlier sense; < Medieval Latin ٰīܱٳܲ (person) listed (for some specific duty), equivalent to ٰīܱ ( a ) list ( matriculant ) + -ٳܲ -ate 1
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of matriculate1

C16: from Medieval Latin ٰīܱāre to register, from ٰīܱa, diminutive of matrix list, matrix
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Kansas City’s Hank Stram became the first coach to wear a microphone for NFL Films, urging his players to “matriculate the ball down the field.”

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I need it to matriculate into the master's programme I was accepted into at Columbia.

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“I hope that women keep getting out there running, hiking, matriculating, climbing, working, and living their lives as they deserve,” Rennison said in an email.

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It was only when I had matriculated and moved to New York City as a journalism major that I began to become haunted by the sound of my own voice.

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The new study showed that’s part of it: One-third of the difference in attendance rates was because middle-class students were somewhat less likely to apply or matriculate.

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