extracurricular

Meanings

1. 1
   adj

   Outside the regular school or college curriculum.

   Sports and drama are popular extracurricular activities at the school.

2. 2
   noun

   An activity done outside the normal academic curriculum.

   Colleges often look at a student's extracurriculars as well as their grades.

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Simplified etymology

Extracurricular, recorded from the early 20th century, uses extra in its sense “beyond” or “outside” and originally denotes something outside the curriculum.

From extra- + curricular.

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