"curriculum" meaning in English

See curriculum in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /kəˈɹɪkjələm/ [General-American], /kɚˈɪkjələm/ [General-American], /kəˈɹɪk.jə.ləm/ [UK], /kɜːɹˈɪk.juː.ləm/ [UK] Audio: en-us-curriculum.ogg Forms: curricula [plural], curriculums [plural]
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin curriculum (“course”), derived from currō (“run, move quickly”). Doublet of curricle. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*ḱers-}}, {{bor|en|la|curriculum||course}} Latin curriculum (“course”), {{doublet|en|curricle}} Doublet of curricle Head templates: {{en-noun|curricula|s}} curriculum (plural curricula or curriculums)
  1. (US) The set of courses, coursework, and content offered at a school or university. Tags: US Translations (set of courses and coursework): مَنْهَج (manhaj) [masculine] (Arabic), مَنْهَج دِرَاسِيّ (manhaj dirāsiyy) [masculine] (Arabic), учебен план (učeben plan) [masculine] (Bulgarian), програма (programa) [feminine] (Bulgarian), 學校的全部課程 /学校的全部课程 (Chinese), studijní program [masculine] (Czech), pensum [neuter] (Danish), curriculum [neuter] (Dutch), opetussuunnitelma (Finnish), opetusohjelma (Finnish), cursus [masculine] (French), Lehrplan [masculine] (German), Studienplan [masculine] (German), Bildungsplan [masculine] (German), Curriculum [neuter] (German), Lehrzielvorgabe [feminine] (German), πρόγραμμα σπουδών (prógramma spoudón) (Greek), διδακτέα ύλη (didaktéa ýli) [feminine] (Greek), tanterv (Hungarian), programma (Ingrian), marau mātauranga (Maori), marautanga (Maori), tchuthitchulum [masculine] (Norman), studieordning [feminine, masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), studieordning [feminine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), program nauczania [masculine] (Polish), currículo [masculine] (Portuguese), курс обучения (kurs obučenija) [masculine] (Russian), уче́бный план (učébnyj plan) [masculine] (Russian), kurikulum [masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), nastavni program [masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), currículo [masculine] (Spanish), läroplan [common-gender] (Swedish), talaaralan (Tagalog), หลักสูตร (làk-sùut) (Thai), müfredat (Turkish), навча́льна програ́ма (navčálʹna prohráma) [feminine] (Ukrainian), ро́зклад (rózklad) [masculine] (Ukrainian), chương trình giảng dạy (Vietnamese)
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  2. (UK, Canada, Australia) The set of standards schools are required to teach all students. Tags: Australia, Canada, UK
    Sense id: en-curriculum-en-noun-llXfmwFO Categories (other): Australian English, British English, Canadian English
  3. (obsolete) A racecourse; a place for running. Tags: obsolete
    Sense id: en-curriculum-en-noun-DE8mEE8j
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: cocurriculum, core curriculum, covert curriculum, curricular, curriculum vitae, extracurricular, extracurriculum, hidden curriculum, subcurriculum

Inflected forms

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          "roman": "navčálʹna prohráma",
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      "sense": "set of courses and coursework",
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      "code": "pt",
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      "sense": "set of courses and coursework",
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      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "kurs obučenija",
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      "word": "หลักสูตร"
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      "roman": "rózklad",
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      "word": "chương trình giảng dạy"
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