Definitions of course [ɔrs, koʊrs]

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Definition of 'course'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (n.) course
a direction or route taken or to be taken.

2.  course
the path, route, or channel along which anything moves:
the course of a stream.

3.  course
advance or progression in a particular direction.

4.  course
the continuous passage or progress through time or a succession of stages:
in the course of a year.

5.  course
the track, water, etc., on which a race is run, sailed, etc.

6.  course
a particular manner of proceeding:
a course of action.

7.  course
a customary manner of procedure; regular or natural order of events:
the course of a disease.

8.  course
a mode of conduct; behavior.

9.  course
a systematized or prescribed series:
a course of treatment.

10.  course
a program of instruction, as in a college.

11.  course
a prescribed number of classes in a particular field of study.

12.  course
a part of a meal served at one time.

13.  course
the lowermost sail on a fully square-rigged mast.

14.  course
a continuous and usu. horizontal range of bricks, shingles, etc., as in a wall or roof.

15.  course
Often, courses. the menses.

16.  course
a charge by knights in a tournament.

17.  course
a pursuit of game with dogs by sight rather than by scent.

18. (v.t.) course
to run through or over.

19.  course
to chase; pursue.

20.  course
to hunt (game) with dogs by sight rather than by scent.

21.  course
to cause (dogs) to pursue game by sight rather than by scent.

22.  course
to lay (bricks, stones, etc.) in courses.

23. (v.i.) course
to follow a course; direct one's course.

24.  course
to run, race, or move swiftly.

25.  course
to take part in a hunt with hounds.

26.  course
certainly; definitely.

27.  course
in the usual or natural order of things.

Etymology: (1250–1300; ME

Definition of 'course'

Princeton's WordNet

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
general line 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"

Definition of 'course'

Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary

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

11. (noun) course
a continuous level range of brick or stones of the same height throughout the face or faces of a building

12. (noun) course
the lowest sail on any mast of a square-rigged vessel; as, the fore course, main course, etc

13. (noun) course
the menses

14. (verb) course
to run, hunt, or chase after; to follow hard upon; to pursue

15. (verb) course
to cause to chase after or pursue game; as, to course greyhounds after deer

16. (verb) course
to run through or over

17. (verb) course
to run as in a race, or in hunting; to pursue the sport of coursing; as, the sportsmen coursed over the flats of Lancashire

18. (verb) course
to move with speed; to race; as, the blood courses through the veins

Definition of 'course'

Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms

1. course
The intended direction of movement in the horizontal plane.

Translation of 'course'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: a series (of lectures, medicines etc) I'm taking a course (of lectures) in sociology; He's having a course of treatment for his leg.
Afrikaans: kursus	Arabic: دَوره، حَلقَة دِراسيّـه	Bulgarian: курс
Brazilian: curso	Czech: kurs, kůra	German: der Kurs
Danish: kursus; række	Greek: σειρά μαθημάτων	Spanish: curso
Estonian: kursus, ravikuur	Farsi: دوره آموزشی	Finnish: sarja
French: cours, série de	Hebrew: קוּרְס	Hindi: दवा, लेक्चर इत्यादि की श्
Croatian: kura	Hungarian: kurzus, tanfolyam, soroza	Indonesian: serangkaian
Icelandic: námskeið; meðferð	Italian: corso; serie	Japanese: 連続
Korean: 과정	Lithuanian: kursas	Latvian: kurss; cikls
Malay: kursus	Dutch: reeks, kuur	Norwegian: kurs; kur
Polish: kurs, seria	Persian: دوره آموزشی	Pashto: د زده کړی دوره
Portuguese: curso	Romanian: cursă; cură	Russian: курс
Slovak: kurz, kúra	Slovenian: tečaj; zdravljenje	Serbian: kurs
Swedish: kurs, [behandlings]kur	Thai: ชุดหนึ่ง	Turkish: ders, kurs
Taiwanese: 課程，療程	Ukrainian: курс	Urdu: دَور، نصاب
Vietnamese: quá trình	Chinese: 课程，疗程
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