What does matriculate mean?

Definitions for matriculate
məˈtrɪk yəˌleɪtma·tric·u·late

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. matriculateverb

    someone who has been admitted to a college or university

  2. matriculateverb

    enroll as a student

Wiktionary

  1. matriculateverb

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

  2. matriculateverb

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

  3. Etymology: matrix, list

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Matriculatenoun

    A man matriculated.

    Etymology: from the verb.

    Suffer me, in the name of the matriculates of that famous university, to ask them some plain questions. Arbuthnot.

  2. To Matriculateverb

    Etymology: from matricula: a matrix, quod ea velut matrice contineantur militum nomina. Ains.

    He, after some trial of his manners and learning, thought fit to enter himself of that college, and after to matriculate him in the university. Izaak Walton, Life of Sanderson.

Wikipedia

  1. matriculate

    Matriculation is the formal process of entering a university, or of becoming eligible to enter by fulfilling certain academic requirements such as a matriculation examination.

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  1. matriculate

    To matriculate refers to the process of enrolling or being admitted into a school or university as a student. Often this is associated with higher education such as colleges or universities, and marks the official start of a student's course of study.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Matriculateverb

    to enroll; to enter in a register; specifically, to enter or admit to membership in a body or society, particularly in a college or university, by enrolling the name in a register

  2. Matriculateverb

    to go though the process of admission to membership, as by examination and enrollment, in a society or college

  3. Matriculateadjective

    matriculated

  4. Matriculatenoun

    one who is matriculated

  5. Etymology: [L. matricula a public roll or register, dim. of matrix a mother, in respect to propagation, also, a public register. See Matrix.]

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Matriculate

    ma-trik′ū-lāt, v.t. to admit to membership by entering one's name in a register, esp. in a college.—v.i. to become a member of a college, university, &c., by being enrolled.—n. one admitted to membership in a society.—n. Matriculā′tion, act of matriculating: state of being matriculated. [Late L. matricula, a register, dim. of matrix.]

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of matriculate in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of matriculate in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

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