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| 1. | [ noun ] (education) education imparted in a series of lessons or class meetings | |
| Synonyms: | class course_of_instruction course_of_study | |
| Examples: | "he took a course in basket weaving" "flirting is not unknown in college classes" |
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| 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 coursework | |
| 2. | [ noun ] a connected series of events or actions or developments | |
| Synonyms: | line | |
| Examples: | "the government took a firm course" "historians can only point out those lines for which evidence is available" |
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| Related terms: | series stream | |
| 3. | [ noun ] (transportation) general line of orientation | |
| Synonyms: | trend | |
| Examples: | : "the river takes a southern course" "the northeastern trend of the coast" |
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| Related terms: | direction swerve | |
| 4. | [ noun ] a mode of action | |
| Synonyms: | course_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" |
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| Related terms: | action way blind_alley collision_course | |
| 5. | [ noun ] a line or route along which something travels or moves | |
| Synonyms: | track path | |
| Examples: | : "the hurricane demolished houses in its path" "the track of an animal" "the course of the river" |
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| Related terms: | line trail steps inside_track round collision_course swath track | |
| 6. | [ adverb ] as might be expected | |
| Synonyms: | of_course naturally | |
| Examples: | "naturally, the lawyer sent us a huge bill" |
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| Related terms: | unnaturally | |
| 7. | [ verb ] move along, of liquids | |
| Synonyms: | flow run feed | |
| Examples: | "Water flowed into the cave" "the Missouri feeds into the Mississippi" |
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| Related terms: | move seep pour drain eddy flush run_down trickle tide spill circulate jet gutter spill waste stream be_due overflow flow discharge | |
| 8. | [ noun ] (food) part of a meal served at one time | |
| Examples: | "she prepared a three course meal" |
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| Related terms: | nutriment dessert appetizer entree pudding meal | |
| 9. | [ noun ] (construction) a layer of masonry | |
| Synonyms: | row | |
| Examples: | "a course of bricks" |
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| Related terms: | layer damp-proof_course row_of_bricks wall | |
| 10. | [ verb ] hunt (game) with hounds | |
| Examples: | "He often courses hares" |
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| Related terms: | hunt game | |
| 11. | [ verb ] move swiftly through or over | |
| Examples: | "ships coursing the Atlantic" |
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| Related terms: | traverse path | |
| 12. | [ noun ] (sport) 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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| Related terms: | facility racetrack golf_course | |
| Similar spelling: |
Coursey Corse coarse Cohrs coerce courage cork curse Corso Corsi corky corgi correggio coryza corozo Corixa |
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