matriculation


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ma·tric·u·late

 (mə-trĭk′yə-lāt′)
tr. & intr.v. ma·tric·u·lat·ed, ma·tric·u·lat·ing, ma·tric·u·lates
To admit or be admitted into a group, especially a college or university.
n. (-lĭt, -lāt′)
One who is admitted as a student to a college or university.

[From Medieval Latin mātrīculāre, mātrīculāt-, from Late Latin mātrīcula, list, diminutive of mātrīx, mātrīc-; see matrix.]

ma·tric′u·la′tion n.
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matriculation

(məˌtrɪkjʊˈleɪʃən)
n
1. (Education) the process of matriculating
2. (Education) (in Britain, except Scotland) a former school examination, which was replaced by the General Certificate of Education (Ordinary Level), now superseded by the General Certificate of Secondary Education
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Noun1.matriculation - admission to a group (especially a college or university)matriculation - admission to a group (especially a college or university)
admission, admittance - the act of admitting someone to enter; "the surgery was performed on his second admission to the clinic"
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Translations
القُبول والتَسْجيل في الجامِعَه
imatrikulacezápis
immatrikulation
beiratkozás
innritun
kaydedilmekaydetme

matriculation

[məˌtrɪkjʊˈleɪʃən] N
2. (Brit) (Univ) (formerly) → examen m de ingreso
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matriculation

[məˌtrɪkjʊˈleɪʃən] ninscription f
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matriculation

nImmatrikulation f; (= ceremony)Immatrikulationsfeier f
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matriculation

[məˌtrɪkjʊˈleɪʃn] nimmatricolazione f
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matriculate

(məˈtrikjuleit) verb
to (cause to) become a member of a university etc by being enrolled.
maˌtricuˈlation noun
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References in classic literature ?
If a policeman catches him in an unlawful act and proceeds to arrest him, the offender proclaims that he is a student, and perhaps shows his matriculation card, whereupon the officer asks for his address, then goes his way, and reports the matter at headquarters.
The University of Lagos (UNILAG) on Friday said that at least 25,000 candidates participated in the institution's Post Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) which ended on Friday.
HYDERABAD -- Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education (BISE) Hyderabad on Wednesday announced the result of Matriculation examination of Science group.
This was stated by Deputy Commissioner Dr Ehtisham Anwar during a meeting held in the honour of position-holders of the matriculation exams.
SUKKUR -- Girls outshine boys in Matriculation (Science) Examination of Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education (BISE) Sukkur.
KARACHI -- The failure of the Sindh education authorities to schedule the results of matriculation examination in time for college admissions has reduced the academic year for first-year students to seven months.
MANSEHRA -- The education department has begun an inquiry into the poor matriculation exam results of public sector schools in Mansehra district.
In an interview published in New Straits Times today, the minister explained that he was only responding to questions posed to him over the recently increased matriculation system quota, and denied generalising that there were no Chinese in the bottom 40 percentile of the country's income-earners, also known as the B40 group.
The 1.8 million candidates sitting for the 2019 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) from Thursday 11 April are prohibited from bringing 18 items to centres where the tests would take place.
The counsel for petitioner contended before the court that the former senator fraudulently submitted fake graduation degree and matriculation certificate while submitting nomination papers for the senator seat from Balochistan at PML-Q ticket in 2003.
The petitioner made Election Commission of Pakistan, Vice-Chancellor University of Punjab and Secretary Senate as the respondents.The counsel for petitioner contended before the court that the former senator fraudulently submitted fake graduation degree and matriculation certificate while submitting nomination papers for the senator seat from Balochistan at PML-Q ticket in 2003.According to petition, ECP passed the nomination papers without examining the application thoroughly and without verification.
Under the matriculation board, exams of Grade 9 and 10 has started across Sindh, including Karachi from Monday.