matriculate
matriculate Lexical Profile
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• verb
To enroll or be enrolled as a student at a college or university.
"After completing her secondary education, she plans to matriculate at a prestigious liberal arts college in the fall."
• noun
A person who has been enrolled at a college or university.
"The university welcomed over two thousand new matriculates at the opening convocation ceremony."
Word Nuance & Usage
'Matriculate' specifically refers to formally enrolling or entering a college or university at the beginning of a degree program, though it is occasionally misused in casual speech to mean 'graduate.'
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Word Origin & Etymology
Borrowed in the late 16th century from Medieval Latin 'matriculatus', past participle of 'matriculare' (to register), from Late Latin 'matricula' (public register or list), a diminutive of 'matrix' (womb, source, or parent list).
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