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extracurricular

/ˌɛkstɹəkəˈɹɪkjʊlə(ɹ)/

extracurricular adjective: outside of the normal curriculum of an educational establishment.

Adjective

extracurricular (not comparable)

  1. Outside of the normal curriculum of an educational establishment.
    • The students enjoy a number of extracurricular activities at weekends.
  2. Similarly outside of the normal duties of a job or profession.
  3. (informal) Extramarital.

Noun

extracurricular (plural extracurriculars)

  1. An activity outside the normal academic curriculum.
  2. (informal) An activity beyond official duties of a job or profession.
  3. (informal) An extramarital affair.

extracurricular meaning in Bengali, Kannada and Indonesian

extracurricular in Bengali

পাঠ্যক্রম বহির্ভূত, অতিরিক্ত

extracurricular in Kannada

ಪಠ್ಯೇತರ, ಪಠ್ಯ ವಿಷಯಗಳಿಂದ ಹೊರತಾದ, ಕಲಿಕೆಗೆ ಹೊರತಾದ

extracurricular in Indonesian

outside of the normal curriculum of an educational establishment
ekstrakurikuler

Forms of extracurricular

Adjective
alternative formextra-curricular
Noun
pluralextracurriculars

Origin of extracurricular

From extra- + curricular.

Words formed from extracurricular

Words that rhyme with extracurricular

48 more rhymesFewer rhymes

Questions about extracurricular

What does extracurricular mean?
Extracurricular means outside of the normal curriculum of an educational establishment.
What is extracurricular in Bengali?
Extracurricular in Bengali is পাঠ্যক্রম বহির্ভূত, অতিরিক্ত. See Extracurricular meaning in Bengali.
What part of speech is extracurricular?
Extracurricular can be an adjective or a noun.
How do you pronounce extracurricular?
Extracurricular is pronounced /ˌɛkstɹəkəˈɹɪkjʊlə(ɹ)/.

Words near extracurricular in the dictionary

  1. extracts from the judicial record
  2. extracts the urine
  3. extracultural
  4. extracurial
  5. extracurricula
  6. extracurricular
  7. extracurricularly
  8. extracurriculars
  9. extracurriculum
  10. extracurriculums
  11. extracutaneous

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Adapted from Wiktionary: extracurricular (page history and authors); extracurricular (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); extracurricular (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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