Definition of cours
1. course [ n ] 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"
(The Dallas Morning News,...)
Rep._Henry_C._Grover , who teaches history in the Houston public_schools , would reduce from 24 to 12 semester_hours the so-called `` teaching_methods '' courses required to obtain a junior or senior_high_school teaching_certificate .
`` A person with a master's_degree in physics , chemistry , math or English , yet who has not taken Education courses , is not permitted to teach in the public_schools '' , said Grover .
College teachers in Texas are not required to have the Education courses .
(The Sun, [Baltimore],...)
Pitcher Steve_Barber joined the club one week ago after completing his hitch under the Army 's accelerated wintertime military course , also at Fort_Knox , Ky. .
(Edward Austin Walton, "On Education for the Interior...)
It is true that most architectural schools have five year courses , some even have six or more .
Synonyms course class course_of_instruction course_of_study Related Terms education workshop correspondence_course adult_education art_class practicum home_study orientation_course seminar course_of_lectures propaedeutic childbirth-preparation_class extension_course refresher_course shop industrial_arts lesson lecture class_period coursework2. course [ n ] 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"
(Musical America, LXXXI:5...)
Your invitation to write_about Serge_Prokofieff to honor his 70_th Anniversary for the April issue of Sovietskaya_Muzyka is accepted with pleasure , because I admire the music of Prokofieff ; and with sober purpose , because the development of Prokofieff personifies , in many ways , the course of music in the Union_of_Soviet_Socialist_Republics .
(Harold Rosenberg, "The Trial and Eichmann"...)
In each of the last , the trial marked the beginning of a new course : in Moscow the liquidation of the Old Bolsheviks and the tightening of Stalin 's dictatorship ; in the United_States the initiation of militant anti Communism , with the repentant ex Communist in the vanguard .
Of what new course could it mark the beginning ?
(Barry Goldwater, "A Foreign Policy for America"...)
There was the Polish Revolution which we misunderstood and then helped guide along a course favorable to Soviet interests .
(James Bryant Conant, Slums and Suburbs...)
I discovered in the course of a visit there that almost all the pupils were Negroes .
Synonyms course line Related Terms series stream3. course [ n ] general line of orientation
Examples: : "the river takes a southern course"
"the northeastern trend of the coast"
(The Atlanta Constitution...)
The largest hurdle the Republicans would have to face is a state law which says that before making a first race , one of two alternative courses must be taken :
(LeRoy Fothergill, "Biological Warfare", in Peter...)
Spraying continued along a two mile course .
(Richard F. McLaughlin, et al., "A study of the...)
Here the pulmonary_vein , as in type 2 , , is noted to draw away from the bronchus , and to follow a more direct , independent course to the hilum ( figs. 23 , 24 ) .
The bronchial_artery in its course and distribution differs somewhat from that found in other mammals .
In type 1 , the pulmonary_vein closely follows the course of the bronchus and the pulmonary_artery from the periphery to the hilum .
Synonyms course trend Related Terms direction swerve4. course [ n ] 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"
(Guy Bolton, The Olympians....)
He tried defiance and openly flaunted his devotion to his half_sister , but he soon saw , as did she , that this course if persisted_in would involve them in a common ruin .
(John Hazard Wildman, "Take It Off," The Arizona...)
`` Never_mind_'' , Arlene had said , after the policeman had left , having pursued the usual unco-operative course of grownups .
Synonyms course course_of_action Related Terms action way blind_alley collision_course5. course [ n ] 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"
(James Boylan, "Mutinity"...)
Patiently , he explained what he knew about their course and their objectives .
(Irving Fineman, Woman of Valor: The Life of Henrietta...)
In any case but the last , such a course is sure to avenge itself upon the individual ; the moral powers no more than the physical and mental , can bear overstraining .
(Peter Field, Rattlesnake Ridge....)
Setting a course straight for the house , he was covering ground fast when an angry bee buzzed past close to his face .
(Donald J. Plantz, Sweeney Squadron....)
They were headed straight for each other on a collision course .
But the closing aircraft showed no sign of deviating from their original course .
Synonyms track course path Related Terms line trail steps inside_track round collision_course swath track6. course [ r ] as might be expected
Examples:
"naturally, the lawyer sent us a huge bill"
7. course [ v ] move along, of liquids
Examples:
"Water flowed into the cave"
"the Missouri feeds into the Mississippi"
8. course [ n ] part of a meal served at one time
Examples:
"she prepared a three course meal"
9. course [ n ] (construction) a layer of masonry
Examples:
"a course of bricks"
10. course [ v ] hunt (game) with hounds
Examples:
"He often courses hares"
11. course [ v ] move swiftly through or over
Examples:
"ships coursing the Atlantic"
12. course [ n ] 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"
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