Pronunciations (7)
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/kɔːs/
Pronunciation notes
- Received-Pronunciation
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/kɔɹs/
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- General-American
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/koːɹs/
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/koəs/
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/kɜːs/
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- Tasmania
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/kuːɹs/
Pronunciation notes
- obsolete
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/kʊɹs/
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- obsolete
Noun
A sequence of events.
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The normal course of events seems to be just one damned thing after another.
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Tilehurst would in the ordinary course have caught him up and they would have progressed companionably wheel by wheel for as far as their way lay together, discussing the simpler aspects of Tapsfield existence.
A sequence of events. A normal or customary sequence.
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The course of true love never did run smooth.
Day and night, / Seedtime and harvest, heat and hoary frost, / Shall hold their course.
A sequence of events. A programme, a chosen manner of proceeding.
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Doubts arose about the expediency of such a course in the present crisis.
A sequence of events. Any ordered process or sequence of steps.
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There is but one course for me to follow: I'LL MOIDER THE BUM!
A sequence of events. A learning programme
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Her course will be ‘Communication Studies with Theatre Studies’: God, how tedious, how pointless.
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Since the launch early last year of […] two Silicon Valley start-ups offering free education through MOOCs, massive open online courses, the ivory towers of academia have been shaken to their foundations. University brands built in some cases over centuries have been forced to contemplate the possibility that information technology will rapidly make their existing business model obsolete.
A sequence of events. A learning programme a series of lectures or lessons in a particular subject
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I need to take a French course.
A sequence of events. A learning programme an educational programme at a college or university leading to an academic degree or vocational qualification.
Usage- Ireland
- Philippines
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What's your course in university? —Business studies. And you?
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During the whole time of his abode in the university he generally spent thirteen hours of the day in study; by which assiduity besides an exact dispatch of the whole course of philosophy, he read over in a manner all classic authors that are extant[…]
A sequence of events. A treatment plan.
Usage- especially
- in medicine
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Miss Clark, alarmed at her increasing stoutness, was doing a course of what is popularly known as banting.
A sequence of events. A stage of a meal.
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We offer seafood as the first course.
A sequence of events. The succession of one to another in office or duty; order; turn.
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He appointed […] the courses of the priests.
A path that something or someone moves along.
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His illness ran its course.
A path that something or someone moves along. The itinerary of a race.
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The cross-country course passes the canal.
A path that something or someone moves along. A racecourse.
A path that something or someone moves along. The path taken by a flow of water; a watercourse.
A path that something or someone moves along. The trajectory of a ball, frisbee etc.
A path that something or someone moves along. A golf course.
A path that something or someone moves along. The direction of movement of a vessel at any given moment.
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The ship changed its course 15 degrees towards south.
A path that something or someone moves along. The intended passage of voyage, such as a boat, ship, airplane, spaceship, etc.
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A course was plotted to traverse the ocean.
A path that something or someone moves along. The drive usually frequented by Europeans at an Indian station.
Usage- India
- Historical
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It was curious to Oakfield to be back on the Ferozepore course, after a six months' interval, which seemed like years. How much had happened in these six months!
The lowest square sail in a fully rigged mast, often named according to the mast.
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Main course and mainsail are the same thing in a sailing ship.
Menses.
Usage- euphemistic
- in-plural
- Obsolete
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The bleeding body signifies as a shameful token of uncontrol, as a failure of physical self-mastery particularly associated with woman in her monthly "courses".
A row or file of objects. A row of bricks or blocks.
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On a building that size, two crews could only lay two courses in a day.
A row or file of objects. A row of material that forms the roofing, waterproofing or flashing system.
A row or file of objects. In weft knitting, a single row of loops connecting the loops of the preceding and following rows.
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).
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The oil coursed through the engine.
Blood pumped around the human body courses throughout all its veins and arteries.
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Sudden anger rose in him. “What I’m looking for,” he barked, “is to be left in peace.” His voice trembled with a rage far bigger than her intrusion merited, the rage which shocked him whenever it coursed through his nervous system, like a flood.
He is a South American, so perhaps revolutionary spirit courses through Francis's veins. But what, pray, does the Catholic church want with doubt?
To run through or over.
Usage- Transitive
To pursue by tracking or estimating the course taken by one's prey; to follow or chase after.
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We coursed him at the heels.
To cause to chase after or pursue game.
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to course greyhounds after deer
Noun
education imparted in a series of lessons or meetings
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he took a course in basket weaving
flirting is not unknown in college classes
a connected series of events or actions or developments
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the government took a firm course
historians can only point out those lines for which evidence is available
general line of orientation
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the river takes a southern course
the northeastern trend of the coast
a mode of action
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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
a line or route along which something travels or moves
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the hurricane demolished houses in its path
the track of an animal
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the course of the river
a body of students who are taught together
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early morning classes are always sleepy
part of a meal served at one time
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she prepared a three course meal
(construction) a layer of masonry
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a course of bricks
facility consisting of a circumscribed area of land or water laid out for a sport
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the course had only nine holes
the course was less than a mile
Adverb
as might be expected
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naturally, the lawyer sent us a huge bill
Verb
move swiftly through or over
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ships coursing the Atlantic
move along, of liquids
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Water flowed into the cave
the Missouri feeds into the Mississippi
hunt with hounds
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He often courses hares