course in English dictionary

  • course

    Meanings and definitions of "course"

    • A path, sequence, development, or evolution.
    • A normal or customary sequence.
    • A chosen manner of proceeding.
    • Any ordered process or sequence or steps
    • A learning program, as in a school.
    • (especially in medicine) A treatment plan
    • The itinerary of a race.
    • A racecourse.
    • A part of a meal.
    • The path taken by a flow of water; a watercourse.
    • (sports) The trajectory of a ball, frisbee etc.
    • (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.
    • (nautical) The lowest square sail in a fully rigged mast, often named according to the mast.
    • (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) A string on a lute
    • (golf) A golf course.
    • To run or flow (especially of liquids and more particularly blood).
    • To pursue by tracking or estimating the course taken by one's prey.
    • adverb
      (colloquial)
      Alternative form of [i]of course[/i]
    • noun
      A sequence of events.
    • noun
      A path that something or someone moves along.
    • noun
      (nautical)
      The lowest square sail in a fully rigged mast, often named according to the mast.
    • noun
      (in the plural, courses, obsolete, euphemistic)
      Menses.
    • noun
      A row or file of objects.
    • noun
      (music)
      A string on a lute.
    • noun
      (music)
      A pair of strings played together in some musical instruments, like the vihuela.
    • verb
      To run or flow (especially of liquids and more particularly blood).
    • verb
      To run through or over.
    • verb
      To pursue by tracking or estimating the course taken by one's prey; to follow or chase after.
    • verb
      To cause to chase after or pursue game.
    • onward movement
    • itinerary of a race
    • period of learning
    • part of a meal
    • trajectory of a ball etc.
    • direction of movement of a vessel
    • intended passage for ship
    • row of bricks
    • path taken by a waterway
    • Flow
    • Pursue
    • A series of classes that cover aspects of a subject area.
    • A single dish in a row of subsequently served dishes constituting a menu.
    • The intended route of a voyage.
    • The direction of movement, line or route of a vessel at any given moment.
    • (sea) route
    • career, university choices
    • school (e.g. of learning)
    • (school) subject
    • The passage of time in a connected series of events or actions.
    • To move along, of liquids.
    • adverb
      as might be expected; "naturally, the lawyer sent us a huge bill"
    • noun
      a body of students who are taught together; "early morning classes are always sleepy"
    • noun
      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"
    • noun
      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"
    • noun
      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"
    • noun
      (construction) a layer of masonry; "a course of bricks"
    • noun
      education imparted in a series of lessons or meetings; "he took a course in basket weaving"; "flirting is not unknown in college classes"
    • 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"
    • noun
      general line of orientation; "the river takes a southern course"; "the northeastern trend of the coast"
    • noun
      part of a meal served at one time; "she prepared a three course meal"
    • verb
      hunt with hounds; "He often courses hares"
    • verb
      move along, of liquids; "Water flowed into the cave"; "the Missouri feeds into the Mississippi"
    • verb
      move swiftly through or over; "ships coursing the Atlantic"

    Synonyms of "course" in English dictionary

    trend, sustenance, bed are the top synonyms of "course" in the English thesaurus.

    Antonyms of "course" in English dictionary

    unnaturally is the antonym of "course" in the English thesaurus.

    Grammar and declension of course

    • course ( plural  courses)
    • lp  liczba pojedyncza course, lm  liczba mnoga courses
    • course ( third-person singular simple present courses, present participle coursing, simple past and past participle coursed)
    • course (not comparable)
    • course (plural courses)
    • course (third-person singular simple present courses, present participle coursing, simple past and past participle coursed)
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