English to English
course
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noun (n)
- education imparted in a series of lessons or meetings(noun.act)Example:
He took a course in basket weaving.
source: wordnet30 - a connected series of events or actions or developments(noun.group)Example:
The government took a firm course.
source: wordnet30 - general line of orientation(noun.location)Example:
The river takes a southern course.
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.
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.
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
- 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