syllabus
syllabus
Definition
syl·la·bus (sil′ə bəs)
noun pl. -·buses or -·bi′-bī′
- a summary or outline, esp. of a course of study
- Law brief notes preceding and explaining the decision or points of law in the written report of an adjudged case
Etymology: ModL < LL(Ec), a list, register (prob. false form for syllaba, syllable), mistaken reading of L sillybus, altered < sittybus, strip of parchment used as a label < Gr sittybos, strip of leather
syllabus
Synonyms
syllabus
Usage Examples
Converse of object
- agree: RE in most schools is taught to a locally agreed syllabus or a diocesan syllabus.
- tap: The music is graded from Primary to Grade V and is compatible with the ISTD tap grades syllabus.
- revise: A revised syllabus in Archeology offers a wider range of courses.
- cover: The training time to cover the syllabus is 6 hours.
- teach: All pupils, regardless of ability, are taught the same syllabus.
Adjective modifier
- re: For the time being, RE syllabuses will remain in the hands of those very variable local bodies, the SACREs.
- modular: Both biology and social biology are taught to A-level, using the highly-successful Cambridge modular syllabuses.
- lexical: Willis D. ( 1990 ) The lexical syllabus, London: Collins.
- prescribed: Outcome: draw up an outline plan for a series of task-based lessons that, if appropriate, link with the prescribed syllabus.
- undergraduate: It is vitally important that substance misuse training should also be present within the undergraduate syllabus.
- detailed: A detailed syllabus for each paper is available in the preceding September.
Modifies a noun
- outline: Syllabus outline: The changing pattern of house tenure and location during the twentieth century related to housing policies during this era.
- builder: Syllabus Builders Unit 1B: What does it mean to belong in Christianity?
- introduction: Syllabus Introduction to the course: review of mobile robotic systems and embedded computing architectures.
Noun used with modifier
- A-level: The mathematical knowledge required will be common to all A-level mathematics syllabuses.
- A-J: It replaced the A-J syllabus which was examined between 2002 and 2005.
- re: How might this new national RE syllabus be developed?
- Guildhall: These two songs were used on the Guildhall Examination Syllabus for many years and are the only two available from the publishers.
- exam: In some exam syllabuses students may do spoken work for assessment in a GCSE Shakespeare study.
- examination: Our weekday twilight program is designed for children who wish to follow an examination syllabus.
