related but only complementary to the official curriculum, as a civic or service activity outside the classroom
Word origin
[1945–50; co- + curricular]This word is first recorded in the period 1945–50. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: ergative, fail-safe, individual medley, spin-off, taxi squadco- is a prefix meaning “with,” “together,” “in association,” sometimes with the derivedsense “auxiliary, subsidiary” (coenzyme; copilot), and, in mathematics and astronomy, with the sense “complement” (codeclination)
Examples of 'cocurricular' in a sentence
cocurricular
The results reveal a high level of student satisfaction related to the academic and cocurricular facilities and activities.
Asma Shahid Kazi, Fakhra Aziz, Uzma Quraishi 2018, 'An of Literacy in a Desert of Poverty: A Case Study of a Rural School for the Underprivilegedin Southern Punjab', SAGE Openhttps://doi.org/10.1177/2158244018784115. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)