extracurricular C2 Topic:Education & Learning US /ˌɛkstɹəkəˈɹɪkjʊlə(ɹ)/ See IPA manual Freq #26094 Meanings 1 adj Outside the regular school or college curriculum. Sports and drama are popular extracurricular activities at the school. 2 noun An activity done outside the normal academic curriculum. Colleges often look at a student's extracurriculars as well as their grades. Thesaurus Word family Derived forms extracurricularlysextracurricular Common collocations extracurricular activity Adjective + noun Etymology AI details From extra- + curricular. Topics Education & Learning Word Formation & Derivatives External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # extracurricular **Type:** Word **Level:** C2 **Part of speech:** adj, noun **IPA (US):** /ˌɛkstɹəkəˈɹɪkjʊlə(ɹ)/ **Frequency rank:** 26094 ## Meanings 1. Outside the regular school or college curriculum. 2. An activity done outside the normal academic curriculum. ## Examples - Sports and drama are popular extracurricular activities at the school. - Colleges often look at a student's extracurriculars as well as their grades. ## Derived Forms - extracurricularly - sextracurricular ## Etymology From extra- + curricular. ## AI Etymology Extracurricular is formed from extra- + curricular. The analysis is mainly morphological: the modern form is built from the named base and affix. Current senses include outside the regular school or college curriculum and an activity done outside the normal academic curriculum. The wider family includes derived forms such as extracurricularly and sextracurricular. ## Topics - Education & Learning - Word Formation & Derivatives markdown