extracurricular
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strə 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?
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| —adj | |
| 1. | taking place outside the normal school timetable: extracurricular activities |
| 2. | beyond the regular duties, schedule, etc |
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Extracurricular
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Example sentences
Determine the level of extracurricular activity and academic load that works for your family, and don't overdue it.
He admits absolutely nothing about his extracurricular activities.
Athletic teams and extracurricular clubs also raise money this way.
They were my students, and chaperoning them was an extracurricular duty at our language school.
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