extramural

UK:*UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ˌɛkstrəˈmjʊərəl/

US:USA pronunciation: IPAUSA pronunciation: IPA/ˌɛkstrəˈmjʊrəl/

US:USA pronunciation: respellingUSA pronunciation: respelling(ek′strə myŏŏr′əl)



WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2025
ex•tra•mu•ral /ˌɛkstrəˈmyʊrəl/USA pronunciation   adj. 
  1. Educationinvolving representatives of more than one school:extramural basketball games.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025
ex•tra•mu•ral  (ek′strə myŏŏr′əl),USA pronunciation adj. 
  1. Educationinvolving representatives of more than one school:extramural athletics.
  2. outside the walls or boundaries, as of a city or town or a university:extramural teaching; an extramural church.Cf. intramural (defs. 1, 2).
  • extra- + mural. Compare Late Latin extramūrānus, in same sense 1850–55
ex′tra•mu′ral•ly, adv. 

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
extramural / ˌɛkstrəˈmjʊərəl/
  1. connected with but outside the normal courses or programme of a university, college, etc
  2. located beyond the boundaries or walls of a city, castle, etc
'extramural' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
external - intramural

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