Matriculate

Quick meaning: Matriculate is a verb meaning (transitive) To enroll as a member of a body, especially of a college or university.

Meaning

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

More Meanings

1. (transitive, by extension, often with to) To join or enter (a group, body, category of people, etc.).
2. (intransitive, stative) To be enrolled as a member of a body, especially of a college or university.
3. (proscribed) To graduate (from a school or course of study).
4. A person admitted to membership in a society or college.
5. (obsolete, later chiefly Scotland, participial adjective) Matriculated.

Example Sentences

The fame matryculate Of poetes laureate.

[...] fewer than 100 indigenous Namibians have matriculated (graduated) annually from secondary school. In 1982 the number fell to 20.

One of six distinguished brothers who matriculated from the school, he had enlisted together with two of his brothers, Christian and Gustav (or Gus).

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."

Word Forms

• matriculates
• matriculating
• matriculated

Synonyms for matriculate

Depending on context, synonyms include matriculant.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include enter, enrol, enroll, rematriculate, enlist, get in.

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