Definition of 'course'

Noun

1. education imparted in a series of lessons or meetings; "he took a course in basket weaving"; "flirting is not unknown in college classes"
      Synonyms: course of study course of instruction class
2. 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"
      Synonyms: line
3. 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"
4. 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"
      Synonyms: course of action
5. 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"
      Synonyms: path track
6. general line of orientation; "the river takes a southern course"; "the northeastern trend of the coast"
      Synonyms: trend
7. part of a meal served at one time; "she prepared a three course meal"
8. (construction) a layer of masonry; "a course of bricks"
      Synonyms: row

Verb

1. move swiftly through or over; "ships coursing the Atlantic"
2. move along, of liquids; "Water flowed into the cave"; "the Missouri feeds into the Mississippi"
      Synonyms: run flow feed
3. hunt with hounds; "He often courses hares"

Adverb

1. as might be expected; "naturally, the lawyer sent us a huge bill"
      Synonyms: naturally of course
      Antonyms: unnaturally

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