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syllabus
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syl·la·bus  (sl-bs)
n. pl. syl·la·bus·es or syl·la·bi (-b)
1. An outline or a summary of the main points of a text, lecture, or course of study.
2. Law A short statement preceding a report on an adjudged case and containing a summary of the court's rulings on each point involved.

[Medieval Latin, probably alteration (influenced by Greek sullambanein, to put together) of Latin sillybus, parchment label, from Greek sillubos.]

syllabus [sill-lab-buss, -bye]
Noun
pl -buses or -bi
a. the subjects studied for a particular course
b. a list of these subjects [Late Latin]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.syllabus - an integrated course of academic studies; "he was admitted to a new program at the university"
course of lectures - a series of lectures dealing with a subject
info, information - a message received and understood
crash course, crash program, crash programme - a rapid and intense course of training or research (usually undertaken in an emergency); "he took a crash course in Italian on his way to Italy"; "his first job was a crash course in survival and in learning how to get along with people"; "a crash programme is needed to create new jobs"
reading program - a program designed to teach literacy skills
degree program - a course of study leading to an academic degree

syllabus
noun course of study, curriculum
Translations
syllabus [ˈsɪləbəs] nprograma m de estudios;
on the syllabus → en el programa de estudios

syllabus [ˈsɪləbəs] nprogramme m;
on the syllabus → au programme

syllabus [ˈsɪləbəs] nLehrplan m;
on the syllabus → im Lehrplan

syllabus [ˈsɪləbəs] nprogramma m;
on the syllabus → in programma d'esame

syllabus
n syllabus [ˈsiləbəs]
a programme or list, eg of a course of lectures, or of courses of study. sillabus مِنْهاج دِراسي конспект výtah læseplan das Verzeichnis πρόγραμμα διδασκαλίας, διδακτέα ύλη programa de estudios õppeplaan, programm برنامه درسي opinto-ohjelma plan de cours תוֹכְנִית לִימוּדִים בְקוּרס पाठ्यक्रम popis, nastavni plan i program tanmenet daftar pelajaran námsáætlun (programma di studio) 講義概要 (강의 등의) 요강; 교수 요목 programa, planas programma; plāns sukatan pelajaran leerplan pensum; læreplan program programa pro­gramă учебный план; расписание výťah, prehľad, sylaby, učebný plán program predavanj nastavni program kursplan หลักสูตร öğretim/müfredat programı 教學大綱,課程提綱 програма; план نصابی خاکہ chương trình học


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