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Synonyms for curriculum


Grammar : Noun
Spell : kuh-rik-yuh-luh m
Phonetic Transcription : kəˈrɪk yə ləm



Définition of curriculum

Origin :
  • 1824, from Modern Latin transferred use of classical Latin curriculum "a running, course, career" (also "a fast chariot, racing car"), from currere (see current (adj.)). Used in English as a Latin word since 1630s at Scottish universities.
  • noun course of study
Example sentences :
  • His program was as simple as the curriculum of a Persian youth.
  • Extract from : « Way of the Lawless » by Max Brand
  • The curriculum was meager, the teaching poor and the discipline cruel.
  • Extract from : « Hymns and Hymnwriters of Denmark » by Jens Christian Aaberg
  • The growth of the curriculum follows, slowly it is often true, upon the growth of knowledge.
  • Extract from : « College Teaching » by Paul Klapper
  • The curriculum is the same as obtains in the leading institutions.
  • Extract from : « The History of Woman Suffrage, Volume IV » by Various
  • But these responses are not a contradiction of trust; they are a part of the curriculum of trust.
  • Extract from : « Herein is Love » by Reuel L. Howe
  • "This must have been the curriculum for their celibates," we may fancy him concluding.
  • Extract from : « The Good Housekeeping Marriage Book » by Various
  • The Isobels supply their part of the curriculum of grammar school.
  • Extract from : « Emmy Lou » by George Madden Martin
  • The list, to be found in the curriculum of many schools and colleges, goes on and on.
  • Extract from : « The Civilization of Illiteracy » by Mihai Nadin
  • For the rest, he had passed through none of the curriculum of English youth.
  • Extract from : « The New Tenant » by E. Phillips Oppenheim
  • Hence, manual training has been adopted as a part of the curriculum.
  • Extract from : « History of Education » by Levi Seeley

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