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extracurricular - 2 dictionary results

ex⋅tra⋅cur⋅ric⋅u⋅lar

  [ek-struh-kuh-rik-yuh-ler]
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–adjective
1. outside the regular curriculum or program of courses: football, orchestra, and other extracurricular activities.
2. outside one's regular work, responsibilities, or routine.
3. Informal. outside the conventional bounds of propriety or ethics: Does his wife know he has an extracurricular girlfriend?
Origin:
1920–25; extra- + curricular
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ex·tra·cur·ric·u·lar   (ěk'strə-kə-rĭk'yə-lər)   
adj.  
  1. Being outside the regular curriculum of a school or college: Sports and drama are the school's most popular extracurricular activities.
  2. Being outside the usual duties of a job or profession: The attorney's work for the legal aid society was extracurricular.
  3. Informal Extramarital.
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