MATRICULATE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does matriculate mean? 

• MATRICULATE (noun)
  The noun MATRICULATE has 1 sense:

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

  Familiarity information: MATRICULATE used as a noun is very rare.

• MATRICULATE (verb)
  The verb MATRICULATE has 1 sense:

1. enroll as a student

  Familiarity information: MATRICULATE used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MATRICULATE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Someone who has been admitted to a college or university

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("matriculate" is a kind of...):

college student; university student (a student enrolled in a college or university)

Derivation:

matriculate (enroll as a student)

• MATRICULATE (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they matriculate    ... he / she / it matriculates   
Past simple: matriculated   
Past participle: matriculated   
-ing form: matriculating   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Enroll as a student

Classified under:

Verbs of political and social activities and events

Hypernyms (to "matriculate" is one way to...):

enrol; enroll; enter; inscribe; recruit (register formally as a participant or member)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s

Derivation:

matriculate (someone who has been admitted to a college or university)

matriculation (admission to a group (especially a college or university))