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Meaning of course in English
Pronunciation
/kɔrs/
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Verb
course
Definitions
1.
move swiftly through or over
Examples
« ships coursing the Atlantic »
2.
move along, of liquids
Examples
« Water flowed into the cave »
« the Missouri feeds into the Mississippi »
3.
hunt with hounds
Examples
« He often courses hares »
Adverb
course
Definitions
1.
as might be expected
Examples
« naturally, the lawyer sent us a huge bill »
Antonyms
unnaturally
Noun
course
Etymology
Middle English: from Old French cours, from Latin cursus, from curs-‘run’, from the verb currere
Definitions
1.
education imparted in a series of lessons or class meetings
Examples
« he took a course in basket weaving »
« flirting is not unknown in college classes »
2.
a connected series of events or actions or developments
Examples
« the government took a firm course »
« historians can only point out those lines for which evidence is available »
3.
facility consisting of a circumscribed area of land or water laid out for a sport
Examples
« the course had only nine holes »
« the course was less than a mile »
4.
a mode of action
Examples
« 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 »
5.
a line or route along which something travels or moves
Examples
« the hurricane demolished houses in its path »
« the track of an animal »
« the course of the river »
6.
general line of orientation
Examples
« the river takes a southern course »
« the northeastern trend of the coast »
7.
part of a meal served at one time
Examples
« she prepared a three course meal »
8.
(construction) a layer of masonry
Examples
« a course of bricks »