curriculum

CEFRC1

/kəˈɹɪk.jʊ.ləm/

noun

Türkçe translations

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    The subjects and lessons taught in a course or school.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

    A racecourse; a place for running.

Examples

  • That university's curriculum covers natural science and social science.

  • The school curriculum should be as broad as possible.

At a glance

Sits at C1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
4
Parts of speech
1
Citations
4

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. The set of courses, coursework, and content offered at a school or university.

  2. The set of standards schools are required to teach all students.

More examples

In context

  • They have a very good curriculum at that university.

  • Drawing on texts recommended in curricula and controlling for two countries with benchmarked curricula improves the external representativeness of the corpus.

Quick test

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Question 1 · Quick check

The school updated its math blank to include coding lessons.

Practise this properly in the app, where the word comes back before you forget it.

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Origin

noun

Borrowed from Latin curriculum (“course”), derived from currō (“run, move quickly”). Doublet of curricle.