extracurricular

C2 Topic:Education & Learning
US /ˌɛkstɹəkəˈɹɪkjʊlə(ɹ)/
adj noun Freq #26094

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.

Thesaurus

Word family
Derived forms extracurricularlysextracurricular

Etymology

From extra- + curricular.

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