course
IPA: kˈɔrs
noun
- A sequence of events.
- A normal or customary sequence.
- A programme, a chosen manner of proceeding.
- Any ordered process or sequence of steps.
- A learning programme, whether a single class or (UK) a major area of study.
- (especially in medicine) A treatment plan.
- A stage of a meal.
- The succession of one to another in office or duty; order; turn.
- A path that something or someone moves along.
- The itinerary of a race.
- A racecourse.
- The path taken by a flow of water; a watercourse.
- (sports) The trajectory of a ball, frisbee etc.
- (golf) A golf course.
- (nautical) The direction of movement of a vessel at any given moment.
- (navigation) The intended passage of voyage, such as a boat, ship, airplane, spaceship, etc.
- (India, historical) The drive usually frequented by Europeans at an Indian station.
- (nautical) The lowest square sail in a fully rigged mast, often named according to the mast.
- (in the plural, courses, obsolete, euphemistic) Menses.
- A row or file of objects.
- (masonry) A row of bricks or blocks.
- (roofing) A row of material that forms the roofing, waterproofing or flashing system.
- (textiles) In weft knitting, a single row of loops connecting the loops of the preceding and following rows.
- (music) One or more strings on some musical instruments (such as the guitar, lute or vihuela): if multiple, then closely spaced, tuned in unison or octaves and intended to be played together.
verb
- To run or flow (especially of liquids and more particularly blood).
- (transitive) To run through or over.
- (transitive) To pursue by tracking or estimating the course taken by one's prey; to follow or chase after.
- (transitive) To cause to chase after or pursue game.
adverb
- (colloquial) Ellipsis of of course.
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Examples of "course" in Sentences
- This was of course, prevarication.
- The culmination of training is the Commando course.
- It is a given that the peasantry, of course, is class stratified.
- The show presents the cause, the training and of course the dancing.
- He was a teacher of course the bassoon and also of the ensemble class.
- The course of training to which a novice had to submit was protracted.
- This course is a 19 lesson course in the basics of health and wellness.
- Later on, they changed the name of the course to the SAF Commando Course.
- RMR recruit Training and the Commando Course are not for the fainthearted.
- The program is in lieu of participating in the college courses for one semester.
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