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curriculum
What does curriculum mean?
curriculum (noun): the set of courses, coursework, and content offered at a school or university.
Definition: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
How do you use curriculum in a sentence?
How do you pronounce curriculum?
/kəˈɹɪkjələm/ (IPA, American English). The app reads every word aloud.
Where does curriculum come from?
Borrowed from Latin curriculum (“course”), derived from currō (“run, move quickly”).
Etymology: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
What are synonyms of curriculum?
Words related to curriculum
From Princeton WordNet 3.1.
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What does “curriculum” mean?
the general state of things; the combination of circumstances at a given time
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the set of courses, coursework, and content offered at a school or university
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the world of commercial activity where goods and services are bought and sold
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a proportion in relation to a whole (which is usually the amount per hundred)
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position
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security
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research
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syllabus
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