Meaning of course in English

1. Pronunciation

   /kɔrs/

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1. Verb

   course

   Definitions

   1. move swiftly through or over

   Examples

   • « ships coursing the Atlantic »
2. 2. move along, of liquids

   Examples

   • « Water flowed into the cave »
   • « the Missouri feeds into the Mississippi »
3. 3. hunt with hounds

   Examples

   • « He often courses hares »

4. Adverb

   course

   Definitions

   1. as might be expected

   Examples

   • « naturally, the lawyer sent us a huge bill »

   Antonyms

   • unnaturally

5. 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 »
6. 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 »
7. 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 »
8. 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 »
9. 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 »
10. 6. general line of orientation

    Examples

    • « the river takes a southern course »
    • « the northeastern trend of the coast »
11. 7. part of a meal served at one time

    Examples

    • « she prepared a three course meal »
12. 8. (construction) a layer of masonry

    Examples

    • « a course of bricks »