English · Word Candidate

curriculum

/kəˈɹɪk.jʊ.ləm/

Proposed by a contributor, not yet supported by evidence.

Also seen as: curricula · curriculums

Sense 1

Both English Tiếng Việt

Meaning · English

The set of courses, coursework, and content offered at a school or university.

Nghĩa · Tiếng Việt

tập hợp các khóa học và nội dung được cung cấp tại trường học hoặc đại học

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NounRegister: US

Examples

Perhaps someday my old US history teacher, and men like him, will use The Politically Incorrect Guide to the Great Depression in their courses to balance the many explicitly pro–New Deal and prointerventionist texts and presentations that dominate public-school curricula today.

Usage example from English Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0, retrieved 2026-08-01)

Sources & notes

Adapted from English Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0, retrieved 2026-08-01 via kaikki.org).

Sense 2

Both English Tiếng Việt

Meaning · English

The set of standards schools are required to teach all students.

Nghĩa · Tiếng Việt

Tập hợp các tiêu chuẩn mà các trường học phải dạy cho tất cả học sinh

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NounRegister: UK

Examples

Drawing on texts recommended in curricula and controlling for two countries with benchmarked curricula improves the external representativeness of the corpus.

Usage example from English Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0, retrieved 2026-08-01)

Sources & notes

Adapted from English Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0, retrieved 2026-08-01 via kaikki.org).

Common questions

What does “curriculum” mean?

The set of courses, coursework, and content offered at a school or university.

Is “curriculum” formal or informal?

curriculum is generally US.