Associations to the word «Matric»

Wiktionary

MATRIC, noun. (South Africa) The final year of high school. [from 20th c.]
MATRIC, noun. (South Africa) Someone in their final year of high school. [from 20th c.]

Dictionary definition

MATRIC, noun. Admission to a group (especially a college or university).

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats