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curriculum

  • noun
  • /kəˈɹɪk.jʊ.ləm/

The set of courses, coursework, and content offered at a school or university.

Other meanings

  1. The set of standards schools are required to teach all students.

  2. A racecourse; a place for running.

Related words

  • cocurriculum
  • curricular
  • extracurriculum
  • subcurriculum
  • core curriculum
  • curriculum vitae
  • extracurricular
  • covert curriculum
  • hidden curriculum

Example sentences

  • “The curriculum needs to be updated.”

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Word history

From Latin "curriculum" (course).

Where this comes from

This definition is adapted from “curriculum” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.