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matriculate.

To enroll as a member of a body, especially of a college or university.

11 characters4 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

verb/məˈtɹɪkjəˌleɪt/General-American/məˈtɹɪkjʊˌleɪt/Received-Pronunciation
  1. To enroll as a member of a body, especially of a college or university.

    transitive
  2. To join or enter (a group, body, category of people, etc.).

    broadly · often · transitive
  3. To be enrolled as a member of a body, especially of a college or university.

    intransitive · stative
  4. To graduate (from a school or course of study).

    proscribed
Where this word comes from

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.

adj
  1. Matriculated.

    adjective · error-misspelling · not-comparable · obsolete · participle
Where this word comes from

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.

noun/məˈtɹɪkjəlɪt/General-American/məˈtɹɪkjʊlɪt/Received-Pronunciation
  1. A person admitted to membership in a society or college.

Where this word comes from

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.

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