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course
(k/oU/rs )

noun (n)

  • education imparted in a series of lessons or meetings(noun.act)
    Example:
    He took a course in basket weaving.
    Synonym:
    class, course of instruction, course of study
    source: wordnet30
  • a connected series of events or actions or developments(noun.group)
    Example:
    The government took a firm course.
    Synonym:
    line
    source: wordnet30
  • general line of orientation(noun.location)
    Example:
    The river takes a southern course.
    Synonym:
    trend
    source: wordnet30
  • a mode of action(noun.act)
    Example:
    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.
    Synonym:
    course of action
    source: wordnet30
  • a line or route along which something travels or moves(noun.object)
    Example:
    The course of the river.
    Synonym:
    path, track
    source: wordnet30
  • a body of students who are taught together(noun.group)
    Synonym:
    class, form, grade
    source: wordnet30
  • part of a meal served at one time(noun.food)
    Example:
    She prepared a three course meal.
    source: wordnet30
  • (construction) a layer of masonry(noun.artifact)
    Example:
    A course of bricks.
    Synonym:
    row
    source: wordnet30
  • facility consisting of a circumscribed area of land or water laid out for a sport(noun.artifact)
    Example:
    The course had only nine holes.
    The course was less than a mile.
    source: wordnet30
  • The act of moving from one point to another; progress; passage.(noun)
    source: webster1913

adverb (r)

verb (v)

  • move swiftly through or over(verb.motion)
    source: wordnet30
  • move along, of liquids(verb.motion)
    Synonym:
    feed, flow, run
    source: wordnet30
  • hunt with hounds(verb.competition)
    Example:
    He often courses hares.
    source: wordnet30
  • To run, hunt, or chase after; to follow hard upon; to pursue.(verb)
    source: webster1913
  • To run as in a race, or in hunting; to pursue the sport of coursing; as, the sportsmen coursed over the flats of Lancashire.(verb)
    source: webster1913
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