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Meaning of SYLLABUS

Pronunciation:  'silubus

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: [n]  a course of academic studies; "he was admitted to a new program at the university"
 
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 Synonyms: course of study, curriculum, program
 
 See Also: course of lectures, degree program, info, information, reading program

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
  1. \Syl"la*bus\, n. (Law)
    The headnote of a reported case; the brief statement of the
    points of law determined prefixed to a reported case. The
    opinion controls the syllabus, the latter being merely
    explanatory of the former.
    
  2. \Syl"la*bus\, n.; pl. E. {Syllabuses}, L. {Syllabi}.
    [L., fr. the same source as E. syllable.]
    A compendium containing the heads of a discourse, and the
    like; an abstract.
    
 
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