extracurricular
extracurricular Lexical Profile
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• adjective
Pursued or existing outside the regular course of academic study at a school, college, or university.
"The university admissions committee values applicants who participate in diverse extracurricular activities such as debate clubs and community service."
Occurring outside the normal scope of one's job, profession, or marriage.
"He supplemented his regular teaching income with several extracurricular consulting projects on weekends."
• noun
North American An extracurricular activity, such as a sport, club, or volunteer organization pursued alongside academic studies (usually used in the plural).
"She had to scale back her extracurriculars during her final semester in order to focus on her senior thesis."
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Word Origin & Etymology
Coined in the early 20th century from the prefix 'extra-' (outside, beyond) and 'curricular', from Latin 'curriculum' (a running, course, or career), diminutive of 'currere' (to run).
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