course

Plural: courses

Noun

• education imparted in a series of lessons or meetings
  • "he took a course in basket weaving"
• a connected series of events or actions or developments
  • "the government took a firm course"
• general line of orientation
  • "the river takes a southern course"
• a mode of action
  • "if you persist in that course you will surely fail"
  • "once a nation is embarked on a course of action it becomes extremely difficult for any retraction to take place"
• a line or route along which something travels or moves
  • "the course of the river"
• a body of students who are taught together
• part of a meal served at one time
  • "she prepared a three course meal"
• (construction) a layer of masonry
  • "a course of bricks"
• facility consisting of a circumscribed area of land or water laid out for a sport
  • "the course had only nine holes"
  • "the course was less than a mile"
• A sequence of events.
• A sequence of events.
• A normal or customary sequence.
• A sequence of events.
• A programme, a chosen manner of proceeding.
• A sequence of events.
• Any ordered process or sequence of steps.
• A sequence of events.
• A learning programme
• A sequence of events.
• A learning programme
• a series of lectures or lessons in a particular subject
• A sequence of events.
• A learning programme
• an educational programme at a college or university leading to an academic degree or vocational qualification.
• A sequence of events.
• A treatment plan.
• A sequence of events.
• A stage of a meal.
• A sequence of events.
• The succession of one to another in office or duty; order; turn.
• A path that something or someone moves along.
• A path that something or someone moves along.
• The itinerary of a race.
• A path that something or someone moves along.
• A racecourse.
• A path that something or someone moves along.
• The path taken by a flow of water; a watercourse.
• A path that something or someone moves along.
• The trajectory of a ball, frisbee etc.
• A path that something or someone moves along.
• A golf course.
• A path that something or someone moves along.
• The direction of movement of a vessel at any given moment.
• A path that something or someone moves along.
• The intended passage of voyage, such as a boat, ship, airplane, spaceship, etc.
• A path that something or someone moves along.
• The drive usually frequented by Europeans at an Indian station.
• The lowest square sail in a fully rigged mast, often named according to the mast.
• Menses.
• A row or file of objects.
• A row of bricks or blocks.
• A row or file of objects.
• A row of material that forms the roofing, waterproofing or flashing system.
• A row or file of objects.
• In weft knitting, a single row of loops connecting the loops of the preceding and following rows.
• One or more strings on some musical instruments (such as the guitar, lute or vihuela): if multiple, then closely spaced, tuned in unison or octaves and intended to be played together.

Verb

Verb Forms: coursed, coursing, courses

• To flow, run, or move swiftly; to hunt with hounds.
• move swiftly through or over
• move along, of liquids
• hunt with hounds
  • "He often courses hares"
• To run or flow (especially of liquids and more particularly blood).
• To run through or over.
• To pursue by tracking or estimating the course taken by one's prey; to follow or chase after.
• To cause to chase after or pursue game.

Adverb

• as might be expected

Adv

• Ellipsis of of course.

Examples

• A course was plotted to traverse the ocean.
• Blood pumped around the human body courses throughout all its veins and arteries.
• His illness ran its course.
• His thoughts would course through every possible word combination before choosing a play.
• I need to take a French course.
• Main course and mainsail are the same thing in a sailing ship.
• On a building that size, two crews could only lay two courses in a day.
• The cross-country course passes the canal.
• The normal course of events seems to be just one damned thing after another.
• The oil coursed through the engine.
• The ship changed its course 15 degrees towards south.
• to course greyhounds after deer
• We offer seafood as the first course.
• What's your course in university? —Business studies. And you?

Synonyms

class, course of action, course of instruction, course of study, feed, flow, form, grade, line, naturally, of course, path, row, run, track, trend

Antonyms

unnaturally

Related Words

nom de course

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