syllabus
noun
an outline or other brief statement of the main points of a discourse, the subjects of a course of lectures, the contents of a curriculum, etc.
syllabuses
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pluralof syllabus.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Campus syllabuses have been pared down to accommodate this generational change.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 7, 2026
The story won the Paris Review’s 2013 Plimpton Prize for Fiction and has appeared on syllabuses at other universities.
From Salon ● Aug. 2, 2026
And it’s not just judges; it’s the litigants, the lawyers, the law professors who have to tear up their syllabuses.
From Slate ● May 14, 2024
Discussion of new class schedules and syllabuses, and the excitement of students learning their friends were in the same course, filled the plaza between the Student Union Building and campus library Wednesday morning.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 11, 2023
It was preordained, then, that the syllabuses which the Department issued, year by year, in the days of payment by results should have few merits and many defects.
From What Is and What Might Be A Study of Education in General and Elementary Education in Particular by Edmond Holmes
