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syllabus
1 ENTRIES FOUND:
syllabus
(noun)
syllabus
/
ˈ
sɪləbəs/
noun
plural
syllabi
/-ˌbaɪ/
/
ˈ
sɪləˌbaɪ/
or
syllabuses
syllabus
/
ˈ
sɪləbəs/
noun
plural
syllabi
/-ˌbaɪ/
/
ˈ
sɪləˌbaɪ/
or
syllabuses
Britannica Dictionary definition of SYLLABUS
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count
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:
a list of the topics or books that will be studied in a course
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