matriculated
matriculated is the simple past and past participle of matriculate.
Meaning of matriculate
Verb
matriculate (third-person singular simple present matriculates, present participle matriculating, simple past and past participle matriculated)
- To enroll as a member of a body, especially of a college or university.
- To join or enter (a group, body, category of people, etc.).
- As LGBTQ and ally-identified students matriculate to the workforce, many will come with an understanding of the importance of honoring personal pronouns and allowing for gender-inclusive pronouns such as "they, them, theirs."2024 November 30 (last accessed), “Talking About Pronouns in the Workplace”, in HRC Foundation, archived from the original on 29 Nov 2024
- To be enrolled as a member of a body, especially of a college or university.
- To graduate (from a school or course of study).
- [...] fewer than 100 indigenous Namibians have matriculated (graduated) annually from secondary school. In 1982 the number fell to 20.2004 May 13, Robert I. Rotberg, Ending Autocracy, Enabling Democracy: The Tribulations of Southern Africa, 1960-2000, Brookings Institution Press, →ISBN, page 151
Questions about matriculated
- What is matriculated the simple past and past participle of?
- Matriculated is the simple past and past participle of matriculate.
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