Matriculate

Definitions: Matriculate

Matriculate

Noun

1. Someone who has been admitted to a college or university.

Verb

1. Enroll as a student.

Date "matriculate" was first used: 1577. (references)

Domain	Definitions
Literature	Matriculate means to enrol oneself in a society. The University is called our alma mater (propitious mother). The students are her alumni (foster-children), and become so by being enrolled in a register after certain forms and examinations. (Latin, matricula a roll.). Source: Brewer's Dictionary.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Context	Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).
Learning	Go to school, go to college, go to the university; matriculate; serve an (or one's) apprenticeship, serve one's time; learn one's trade; be informed; be taught.
Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

Crosswords: Matriculate

English words defined with "matriculate": Matriculated, Matriculating. (references)

Subject	Topic	Quote
Business		Until 1995 children who were in Mexico illegally did not have the right to matriculate in public schools. (references)
Children	Kiribati	The 40 percent of primary school graduates who pass a national examination qualify to attend 3 years of junior secondary school and 4 years of senior secondary school on a subsidy; a small fee is charged to other students who wish to matriculate at these levels. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

"Matriculate" is generally used as a lexical verb (infinitive) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Matriculate" is used about 3 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Lexical Verb (infinitive)	100%	3	202,518

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Language		Translations for "matriculate"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Arabic		‏قبله عضوا في جماعة, ‏تسجيل للجامعة, ‏سجل للجامعة, ‏النجاح في إمتحانات الثانوية. (various references)

Bulgarian		бивам приет във вуз, приет във вуз, приемам във вуз. (various references)

Czech		imatrikulovat. (various references)

Farsi		پذیرفتن (Accept, Admit, Allow, Embrace, Hear, Listen, Receive, Vouchsafe), نام نویسی کردن (Enlist, Enter), قبول کردن (Accept, Accord, Adopt, Entertain), دردفتردانشگاه نام نویسی کردن , دردانشکده یادانشگاه پذیرفته شدن . (various references)

Finnish		kirjoittautua yliopistoon. (various references)

French		s'inscrire, se faire immatriculer, admis � l'université. (various references)

German		immatrikulieren (register at university), immatrikuliere. (various references)

Greek		εγγράφω (book, enroll, poll, record, register, to book, to enter, to record), εγγράφομαι (enrol, register). (various references)

Hebrew		לקבל תעו�"ת ב�'רות, ל�"רשם לאו� יברסיט�", לרשום לאו� יברסיט�". (various references)

Hungarian		hallgatót felvesz, beiratkozik (enlist, to enrol, to enroll). (various references)

Italian		iscriversi all'universit� , immatricolarsi, immatricolare (enrol, enrol oneself, enroll, recorded delivery letter, register). (various references)

Manx		goaill yn maireanagh. (various references)

Pig Latin		atriculatemay

Portuguese		matricular (enrol, enroll, register), matriculado (registered), matricídio, registrar (book, calendar, enrol, enroll, inscribe, label printer, list, prick off, read, record, register, score, set down, signalize, trace, write down), registar (calendar, enrol, enroll, list, point, record, register, score, to register, write down). (various references)

Romanian		student (academic, collegian, collegiate, fresher, freshman, scholar, student, undergrad, undergraduate), fi înmatriculat, admite într-o facultate, înscrie (affiliate, book, drop, engrave, enregister, enter, inscribe, insert, record, register, write), înmatricula. (various references)

Russian		принятый в вуз. (various references)

Serbo-Croatian		koji je položio ispit zrelosti. (various references)

Spanish		matricularse (come up, enrol, enroll, enter, register), matricular (enrol, enroll, enter, register, tackle), matriculado (registered). (various references)

Swedish		skriva in sig vid universitet. (various references)

Turkish		okula kaydetmek (register for school), üniversite sınavına girmek. (various references)

Ukranian		бути прийнятим до вищого навчального закладу, прийнятий до вищого навчального закладу, прийняти до вищого навчального закладу. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Language	Period	Translations
Latin	500 BCE-Modern	matrix. (various references)
Late Latin	300-700	matricula. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Derivations
	Words beginning with "matriculate": matriculated, matriculates. (additional references)
	Words containing "matriculate": nonmatriculated. (additional references)
Misspellings
	"Matriculate" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: atriculate, Mariclare, marticulate, maticulate, matriclate, matricula, matriculants, matriculte, matriulate, merticulate, metriculate. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-a-c-e-i-l-m-r-t-t-u"
	-1 letter: articulate.
	-2 letters: micturate, traumatic, tularemia, tularemic.
	-3 letters: amaretti, calamite, catamite, cultrate, maculate, maltreat, material, maturate, metrical, multicar, muricate, mutilate, remittal, reticula, tailrace, tractile, ultimata, ultimate, urticate.
	-4 letters: actuate, amateur, amirate, arcuate, arietta, article, auricle, calumet, camelia, cameral, caramel, cattail, cattier, ceramal, citrate, claimer, clatter, climate, clutter, cuittle, curtail, curtate, lactate, lattice, maculae, macular, maltier.
	Words containing the letters "a-a-c-e-i-l-m-r-t-t-u"
	+1 letter: matriculated, matriculates.
	+2 letters: misarticulate.
	+3 letters: misarticulated, misarticulates, multicharacter.
	+4 letters: nonmatriculated, ultrademocratic.
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