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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 »

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