Extracurricular activities are activities for students that are not part of their course.
[formal]
Each child had participated in extracurricular activities at school.
...extra-curricular sport.
2. adjective [ADJECTIVE noun]
Extracurricular activities are activities that someone does that are not part of their normal work.
[informal]
The money he made from these extra-curricular activities enabled him to pursue otherventures.
extracurricular in British English
(ˌɛkstrəkəˈrɪkjʊlə)
adjective
1.
taking place outside the normal school timetable
extracurricular activities
2.
beyond the regular duties, schedule, etc
extracurricular in American English
(ˌɛkstrəkəˈrɪkjulər; ˌɛkstrəkəˈrɪkjələr)
US
adjective
1.
a.
not part of the required curriculum; outside the regular course of study but under the supervision of the school
dramatics, athletics, and other extracurricular activities
b.
not part of one's regular work, routine, etc.
2. Informal
extramarital
Examples of 'extracurricular' in a sentence
extracurricular
Our all-round experience of courses and extracurricular activities such as sport.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
Find your extracurricular activity ; it may lead to a career.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
The choice was wide with hundreds of students wanting extracurricular work.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
It has long been established that the village is an arena for rather large amounts of extracurricular activity.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
Indeed, good schools have always put on extracurricular classes.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
It seems that to fully understand what is going on, extracurricular activity is required.
The Sun (2015)
It shouldn't be what they do with the whole of their extracurricular life.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
The pupils also do extracurricular and charity work on a Tuesday afternoon.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
Much of his spare time is otherwise taken up with extracurricular work at non-governmental organisations.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
Instead, help the adolescent find other interesting and involving extracurricular activities and other ways ofbeing active and fit.
Steinberg, Laurence & Levine, Ann You and Your Adolescent: A Parents' Guide for Ages 10 to 20 (1990)
Finally, they expect an extracurricular life that gives them opportunities to hear from business leaders and thinkers and interact with former students and their peers.