Definition of Course

Noun

• facility consisting of a circumscribed area of land or water laid out for a sport
  "the course had only nine holes"
  "the course was less than a mile"
  
• (construction) a layer of masonry
  "a course of bricks"
  row
• part of a meal served at one time
  "she prepared a three course meal"
  
• a body of students who are taught together
  "early morning classes are always sleepy"
  class form grade
• a line or route along which something travels or moves
  "the hurricane demolished houses in its path"
  "the track of an animal"
  "the course of the river"
  path track
• a mode of action
  "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"
  - course of action
• general line of orientation
  "the river takes a southern course"
  "the northeastern trend of the coast"
  trend
• a connected series of events or actions or developments
  "the government took a firm course"
  "historians can only point out those lines for which evidence is available"
  line
• education imparted in a series of lessons or meetings
  "he took a course in basket weaving"
  "flirting is not unknown in college classes"
  - course of study - course of instruction class

Verb

• hunt with hounds
  "He often courses hares"
  
• move along, of liquids
  "Water flowed into the cave"
  "the Missouri feeds into the Mississippi"
  run flow feed
• move swiftly through or over
  "ships coursing the Atlantic"
  

Adverb

• as might be expected
  "naturally, the lawyer sent us a huge bill"
  naturally - of course

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