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syllabi

syllabi is the plural of syllabus.

Meaning of syllabus

Noun

syllabus (plural syllabi or syllabuses)

  1. A summary of topics which will be covered during an academic course, or a text or lecture.
    • In the first half of the year, teachers attended the training workshop for the new K-10 Chinese syllabus. In July, almost all the teachers attended the teacher training courses provided by OCAC.2019 November 23, A Falun Dafa practitioner in Australia, “Eliminating Attachments While Helping Coordinate a Minghui School”, in Minghui
  2. The headnote of a reported case; the brief statement of the points of law determined prefixed to a reported case.

Questions about syllabi

What is syllabi the plural of?
Syllabi is the plural of syllabus.

Words near syllabi in the dictionary

  1. syllabatim
  2. syllabating
  3. syllabation
  4. syllabe
  5. syllabes
  6. syllabi
  7. syllabic
  8. syllabic abbreviation
  9. syllabic abbreviations
  10. syllabic break
  11. syllabic breaks

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