extracurricular

[ek-struh-kuh-rik-yuh-ler]

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?

extracurricular

/ ˌɛkstrəkəˈrɪkjʊlə /

adjective

1. taking place outside the normal school timetable

   extracurricular activities

2. beyond the regular duties, schedule, etc

Word History and Origins

Origin of extracurricular¹

First recorded in 1920–25; extra- + curricular ( def. )

Example Sentences

"We do a lot of extracurricular activities outside of school so I do worry how the balance is going to affect them with all the deadlines that they're going to have to meet."

From BBC

“Some people have pottery class, but this was the best extracurricular I could have found!” says Goodman.

From Los Angeles Times

On Thursday the government announced plans for a new School Sport Partnerships and Enrichment Framework for schools to ensure all young people have equal access to high-quality sport and extracurricular activity.

From BBC

Starmer was at St George's Park to announce a new School Sport Partnerships and Enrichment Framework for schools to ensure all young people have equal access to high-quality sport and extracurricular activity.

From BBC

"We just used to go to school, nothing extracurricular, but now you have to send your kid to swimming, you have to send them to drawing, you have to see what else they can do."

From BBC

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