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Grammar : Noun
Spell : sil-uh-buh s
Phonetic Transcription : ˈsɪl ə bəs

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Définition of syllabus

Origin :
  • 1650s, "table of contents of a series of lectures, etc.," from Late Latin syllabus "list," a misreading of Greek sittybos (plural of sittyba "parchment label, table of contents," of unknown origin) in a 1470s edition of Cicero's "Ad Atticum" iv.5 and 8. The proper plural would be syllabi.
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Example sentences :
  • Besides, it was borrowed from the syllabus of a degraded superstition.
  • Extract from : « Punchinello, Vol. 1, No. 11, June 11, 1870 » by Various
  • A syllabus is highly useful in the hands of students in lecture courses.
  • Extract from : « College Teaching » by Paul Klapper
  • He himself was keeping his mind on the syllabus with considerable difficulty.
  • Extract from : « Stanford Stories » by Charles K. Field
  • A re-perusal of the Syllabus had engendered in her mind a doubt whether it was quite.
  • Extract from : « A Likely Story » by William De Morgan
  • What syllabus of intellectual pursuits was simultaneously possible?
  • Extract from : « Ulysses » by James Joyce
  • An effort has been made in this syllabus to meet this difficult situation.
  • Extract from : « A Syllabus of Hispanic-American History » by William Whatley Pierson
  • This syllabus harmonises with the development of all the faculties.
  • Extract from : « Mentally Defective Children » by Alfred Binet
  • The Syllabus had not permanently fixed his attention upon it.
  • Extract from : « The History of Freedom » by John Emerich Edward Dalberg-Acton
  • In my syllabus of chemical lectures he scribbled many lines on the paper cover.
  • Extract from : « Life of John Keats » by Sidney Colvin
  • He was suspended from his priestly functions, dressed as a layman, and was temerarious enough to criticise the Syllabus.
  • Extract from : « The Jesuits, 1534-1921 » by Thomas J. Campbell

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