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extracurricular
[ ek-struh-kuh-rik-yuh-ler ]
adjective
- outside the regular curriculum or program of courses:
football, orchestra, and other extracurricular activities.
- outside one's regular work, responsibilities, or routine.
- Informal. outside the conventional bounds of propriety or ethics:
Does his wife know he has an extracurricular girlfriend?
extracurricular
/ ˌɛٰəəˈɪʊə /
adjective
- taking place outside the normal school timetable
extracurricular activities
- beyond the regular duties, schedule, etc
Word History and Origins
Origin of extracurricular1
Example Sentences
Revelry’s Companion Crossbody Bag is the best of all worlds—comfortable, smell-proof, and waterproof—letting you carry your flower, snacks and essentials without alerting everyone to your extracurricular activities.
Initially, the school considered cutting back on extracurricular activities to make up for lost learning, but they changed their minds.
At high school, he joined the bowling team to satisfy his extracurricular requirements, as it seemed "a great way to be in sport without being in a sport".
As a recent college graduate holding down her first full-time job, Fox hadn’t been sure she should join an extracurricular group, let alone elect to have a “special moment.”
Unified, the nation’s second largest school district, has not changed its policies or practices related to a wide range of extracurricular school-based clubs.
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