extracurricular activity

collocation in English

meaningsofextracurricularandactivity

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extracurricular
adjective
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/ˌek.strə.kəˈrɪk.jə.lər/us
/ˌek.strə.kəˈrɪk.jə.lɚ/
An extracurricular activity or subject is not part of the usual school or ...
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activity
noun
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/ækˈtɪv.ə.ti/us
/ækˈtɪv.ə.t̬i/
the situation in which a lot of things are happening or people are ...
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This includes the tensions felt between its other role, as anextracurricularactivity.
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Students can choose only oneextracurricularactivity.
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Extracurricularactivity, however, was quite active during that period.
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It is now possibly the school's most significantextracurricularactivity.
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Playing football was seen as anextracurricularactivity.
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In universities, the cultural festivals are placed asextracurricularactivity, so attendance is not required.
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The museum provides anextracurricularactivityfor schools and promotes environmental awareness.
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The day then finishes at 3:00pm unless the student partakes in anextracurricularactivity.
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The syllabi for teaching sport through physical training in schools (extracurricularactivity) was produced in 1935.
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Students from either department may choose to pursue additional languages in the form ofextracurricularactivity.
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Faculty and students worked together in building and developing facilities as their primaryextracurricularactivity.
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In addition to normal lessons, periods for private study andextracurricularactivityare provided as well.
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At that time it was the onlyextracurricularactivityat the school.
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Participation in either an athletic or non-athleticextracurricularactivityenhances a student's high school experience.
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The amount ofextracurricularactivityis determined individually by each school and varies greatly.
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Searching for anextracurricularactivity, she finds only rejection from her school's sports teams.
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They do not have the time—although they may well have the inclination—to undertake thisextracurricularactivityas they used to do.
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Most of the students involved in the project do this as anextracurricularactivity, in their own spare time.
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For these larger productions the auditions and rehearsals all take place after school, making it a fullyextracurricularactivity.
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There was also richextracurricularactivity: debating, amateur dramatics, choral and instrumental music, and a plethora of school societies.
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The term is also used to describe theextracurricularactivityat law schools of publishing the journal.
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Working for one's high school newspaper is sometimes anextracurricularactivity, but often is integrated with offered journalism classes.
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As of 2008, the district was working on expandingextracurricularactivityoptions and facilitating travel to and from the school.
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With clubs ranging from the arts to social justice, there is anextracurricularactivityfor every student.
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Supporting a movie, even as anextracurricularactivity, is meddling in the school curriculum and that is serious stuff.
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