1. (noun)course, course of study, course of instruction, class education imparted in a series of lessons or meetings "he took a course in basket weaving"; "flirting is not unknown in college classes"
2. (noun)course, line 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"
3. (noun)course, trend generalline of orientation "the river takes a southern course"; "the northeastern trend of the coast"
4. (noun)course, course of action 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"
5. (noun)path, track, course 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"
6. (noun)class, form, grade, course a body of students who are taught together "early morning classes are always sleepy"
7. (noun)course part of a meal served at one time "she prepared a three course meal"
8. (noun)course, row (construction) a layer of masonry "a course of bricks"
9. (verb)course 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"
10. (verb)course move swiftly through or over "ships coursing the Atlantic"
11. (verb)run, flow, feed, course move along, of liquids "Water flowed into the cave"; "the Missouri feeds into the Mississippi"
12. (adverb)course hunt with hounds "He often courses hares"
13. (adverb)naturally, of course, course as might be expected "naturally, the lawyer sent us a huge bill"
1. (noun)course a series of classes in a subject I'm taking a course in computer science.; graduate/undergraduate courses; a photography/journalism/computer course
2. course the direction of a ship or plane to steer the ship off course
3. course on/off course part of a meal the first/second/third course; We had steak for our main course.
4. course ***main course an area for sports a golf/race course
5. course the course of sth the way sth happens over time to change the course of history
6. course course of action a choice of what to do What's the best course of action?
7. course over the course of during a particular period It happened over the course of many years.
8. course run/take its course to progress in a usual or natural way to the end Let the recession run its course.
Definition of 'Course'
Webster Dictionary
1. (noun)Course the act of moving from one point to another; progress; passage
2. (noun)Course the ground or path traversed; track; way
3. (noun)Course motion, considered as to its general or resultant direction or to its goal; line progress or advance
4. (noun)Course progress from point to point without change of direction; any part of a progress from one place to another, which is in a straight line, or on one direction; as, a ship in a long voyage makes many courses; a course measured by a surveyor between two stations; also, a progress without interruption or rest; a heat; as, one course of a race
5. (noun)Course motion considered with reference to manner; or derly progress; procedure in a certain line of thought or action; as, the course of an argument
6. (noun)Course customary or established sequence of events; recurrence of events according to natural laws
7. (noun)Course method of procedure; manner or way of conducting; conduct; behavior
8. (noun)Course a series of motions or acts arranged in order; a succession of acts or practices connectedly followed; as, a course of medicine; a course of lectures on chemistry
9. (noun)Course the succession of one to another in office or duty; order; turn
10. (noun)Course that part of a meal served at one time, with its accompaniments