- an outline of a course of studies, text, etc
- Brit
- the subjects studied for a particular course
- a document which lists these subjects and states how the course will be assessed
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syl•la•bus /ˈsɪləbəs/USA pronunciation
n. [countable], pl. -bus•es, -bi
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026- /-ˌbaɪ/USA pronunciation .
- an outline of the main points of a speech, the contents of a course or class at school, etc.
syl•la•bus
(sil′ə bəs),USA pronunciation n., pl. -bus•es, -bi
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(-bī′).USA pronunciation
- an outline or other brief statement of the main points of a discourse, the subjects of a course of lectures, the contents of a curriculum, etc.
- Law
- a short summary of the legal basis of a court's decision appearing at the beginning of a reported case.
- a book containing summaries of the leading cases in a legal field, used esp. by students.
- Religion(often cap.) Also called Syl′labus of Er′rors. [Rom. Cath. Ch.]the list of 80 propositions condemned as erroneous by Pope Pius IX in 1864.
- Neo-Latin syllabus, syllabos, probably a misreading (in mss. of Cicero) of Greek síttybās, accusative plural of síttyba label for a papyrus roll
- 1650–60
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syllabus /ˈsɪləbəs/ n ( pl -buses, -bi /-ˌbaɪ/)
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