matriculate
verb (used with object)
to enroll in a college or university as a candidate for a degree.
matriculates
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present tense formof matriculate (3rd person singular).present tense
Used to describe things happening now or regularly.
Example Sentences
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The captivating ecclesiastical drama “Servants,” set in 1980s Czechoslovakia, follows teenage matriculates at a Christian seminary who awaken to a grim reality.
From New York Times ● Feb. 24, 2022
“All American’s” Geffri Maya matriculates at a historically Black university in Atlanta in the new spinoff “All American: Homecoming.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 20, 2022
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., seemed mystified as to why House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., would want to wrestle with government funding issues when she matriculates to the speaker’s suite in January.
From Fox News ● Dec. 19, 2018
An NBA rule forbidding teams to sign a college player until three years after he matriculates would lessen universities’ importance as incubators of NBA talent.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 24, 2017
Many of these institutions report the largest number of matriculates in their history.
From Shadow and Light An Autobiography with Reminiscences of the Last and Present Century by Booker T. Washington
