extracurricular
See also: extra-curricular
English
Etymology
extra- + curricular
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˌɛkstɹəkəˈɹɪkjʊlə(ɹ)/
- Rhymes: -ɪkjʊlə(ɹ)
Audio (Southern England) (file)
Adjective
extracurricular (not comparable)
- Outside of the normal curriculum of an educational establishment.
- Hyponym: supercurricular
- The students enjoy a number of extracurricular activities at weekends.
- Similarly outside of the normal duties of a job or profession.
- (informal) Extramarital. (Can we add an example for this sense?)
Translations
outside of the normal curriculum of an educational establishment
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Noun
extracurricular (plural extracurriculars)
- (education) An activity outside the normal academic curriculum.
- (informal) An activity beyond official duties of a job or profession.
- (informal) An extramarital affair.
Translations
an activity outside the normal academic curriculum
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Spanish
Further reading
- “extracurricular”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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