course load

noun

Etymology

From course + load.

  1. derived from *leyt-
  2. inherited from *laidō
  3. inherited from lād
  4. inherited from lode
  5. compounded as course load — “course + load

Definitions

  1. The workload involved in an academic course.

    • A Type-A — make that A-plus — overachiever, even by New York standards, she skated competitively as a kid, finished M.I.T. in three and a half years, and tested out of a chunk of her courseload at Columbia Business School.
  2. The number and difficulty of courses taken in an academic setting.

The neighborhood

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA