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EXTRACURRICULAR
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Dictionary entry overview: What does extracurricular mean?
• EXTRACURRICULAR (adjective)
The adjective EXTRACURRICULAR has 3 senses:
1. outside the regular academic curriculum
2. outside the regular duties of your job or profession
3. characterized by adultery
Familiarity information: EXTRACURRICULAR used as an adjective is uncommon.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Outside the regular academic curriculum
Context example:
sports and drama are popular extracurricular activities
Similar:
outside (relating to or being on or near the outer side or limit)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Outside the regular duties of your job or profession
Similar:
outside (relating to or being on or near the outer side or limit)
Sense 3
Meaning:
Characterized by adultery
Synonyms:
adulterous; extracurricular; extramarital
Context example:
the extracurricular activities of a philandering husband
Similar:
illicit (contrary to accepted morality (especially sexual morality) or convention)
Context examples
The study is the first to assess the impact of physical activity on childhood overweight and obesity levels for primary schoolchildren by simultaneously relating two of the main types of extracurricular physical activity: daily commuting to school and frequency of participation in sport.
(Children who walk to school less likely to be overweight or obese, study suggests, University of Cambridge)
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