"matriculate" meaning in English

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Adjective

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”). Etymology templates: {{bor+|en|la|mātrīculātus|nocap=1}} borrowed from Latin mātrīculātus, {{glossary|perfect}} perfect, {{glossary|passive}} passive, {{glossary|participle}} participle, {{der|en|la|mātrīx|t=list}} Latin mātrīx (“list”) Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} matriculate (not comparable)
  1. (obsolete, later chiefly Scotland, participial adjective) Matriculated. Tags: adjective, error-misspelling, not-comparable, obsolete, participle
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Noun

IPA: /məˈtɹɪkjəlɪt/ [General-American], /məˈtɹɪkjʊlɪt/ [Received-Pronunciation] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-matriculate2.wav Forms: matriculates [plural]
Rhymes: -ɪkjʊlɪt, -ɪkjʊleɪt 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”). Etymology templates: {{bor+|en|la|mātrīculātus|nocap=1}} borrowed from Latin mātrīculātus, {{glossary|perfect}} perfect, {{glossary|passive}} passive, {{glossary|participle}} participle, {{der|en|la|mātrīx|t=list}} Latin mātrīx (“list”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} matriculate (plural matriculates)
  1. A person admitted to membership in a society or college. Synonyms: matriculant
    Sense id: en-matriculate-en-noun-8L0Bj4Iu

Verb

IPA: /məˈtɹɪkjəˌleɪt/ [General-American], /məˈtɹɪkjʊˌleɪt/ [Received-Pronunciation] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-matriculate.wav Forms: matriculates [present, singular, third-person], matriculating [participle, present], matriculated [participle, past], matriculated [past]
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  1. (transitive) To enroll as a member of a body, especially of a college or university. Tags: transitive Translations (transitive; enroll as a member of a body): anotarse (Galician), apuntarse (Galician), inscribirse (Galician), matricularse (Galician), matriculeere (Hunsrik), innrita (Icelandic), immatricolare (Italian), matricularse (Spanish), matricwleiddio (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-matriculate-en-verb-~O4mQPaX Disambiguation of 'transitive; enroll as a member of a body': 57 14 25 4
  2. (transitive, by extension, often with to) To join or enter (a group, body, category of people, etc.). Tags: broadly, often, transitive
    Sense id: en-matriculate-en-verb-iIXvRoCA
  3. (intransitive, stative) To be enrolled as a member of a body, especially of a college or university. Tags: intransitive, stative Translations (intransitive; be enrolled as a member of a body): innritast (Icelandic)
    Sense id: en-matriculate-en-verb-62vUvCNn Disambiguation of 'intransitive; be enrolled as a member of a body': 33 6 57 3
  4. (proscribed) To graduate (from a school or course of study). Tags: proscribed
    Sense id: en-matriculate-en-verb-VK54VC6O
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: matriculator, nonmatriculated, rematriculate, unmatriculated Related terms: matriculant, matriculation, matrix

Inflected forms

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