Definitions for coursekɔrs, koʊrs

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

coursekɔrs, koʊrs(n.; v.)coursed, cours•ing.

(n.)a direction or route taken or to be taken.
the path, route, or channel along which anything moves:
the course of a stream.
advance or progression in a particular direction.
the continuous passage or progress through time or a succession of stages:
in the course of a year.
the track, water, etc., on which a race is run, sailed, etc.
a particular manner of proceeding:
a course of action.
a customary manner of procedure; regular or natural order of events:
the course of a disease.
a mode of conduct; behavior.
a systematized or prescribed series:
a course of treatment.
a program of instruction, as in a college.
Category: Education
a prescribed number of classes in a particular field of study.
Category: Education
a part of a meal served at one time.
Category: Cooking
the lowermost sail on a fully square-rigged mast.
Category: Navy, Nautical
a continuous and usu. horizontal range of bricks, shingles, etc., as in a wall or roof.
Category: Building Trades
Often, courses. the menses.
a charge by knights in a tournament.
Category: Sport
a pursuit of game with dogs by sight rather than by scent.
Category: Sport
Category: Sport
Ref: golf course.
(v.t.)to run through or over.
to chase; pursue.
to hunt (game) with dogs by sight rather than by scent.
Category: Sport
to cause (dogs) to pursue game by sight rather than by scent.
Category: Sport
to lay (bricks, stones, etc.) in courses.
Category: Building Trades
(v.i.)to follow a course; direct one's course.
to run, race, or move swiftly.
to take part in a hunt with hounds.
Category: Sport

Idioms for course:

in due course,in the proper or natural order of events; eventually.
Category: Idiom
of course, certainly; definitely. in the usual or natural order of things.
Category: Idiom

Origin of course:

1250–1300; ME co(u)rs < AF co(u)rs(e), OF cours < L cursus a running, course =cur(rere) to run +-sus, var. of -tus suffix of v. action

Princeton's WordNet

course, course of study, course of instruction, class(noun)
education imparted in a series of lessons or meetings
"he took a course in basket weaving"; "flirting is not unknown in college classes"
course, line(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"
course, trend(noun)
general line of orientation
"the river takes a southern course"; "the northeastern trend of the coast"
course, course of action(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"
path, track, course(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"
class, form, grade, course(noun)
a body of students who are taught together
"early morning classes are always sleepy"
course(noun)
part of a meal served at one time
"she prepared a three course meal"
course, row(noun)
(construction) a layer of masonry
"a course of bricks"
course(verb)
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"
course(verb)
move swiftly through or over
"ships coursing the Atlantic"
run, flow, feed, course(verb)
move along, of liquids
"Water flowed into the cave"; "the Missouri feeds into the Mississippi"
course(adverb)
hunt with hounds
"He often courses hares"
naturally, of course, course(adverb)
as might be expected
"naturally, the lawyer sent us a huge bill"

Kernerman English Learner's Dictionary

course(noun)ɔrs, koʊrs
a series of classes in a subject
I'm taking a course in computer science.; graduate/undergraduate courses; a photography/journalism/computer course
courseɔrs, koʊrs
the direction of a ship or plane
to steer the ship off course
courseɔrs, koʊrs
part of a meal
the first/second/third course; We had steak for our main course.
courseɔrs, koʊrs
an area for sports
a golf/race course
courseɔrs, koʊrs
the way sth happens over time
to change the course of history
courseɔrs, koʊrs
a choice of what to do
What's the best course of action?
courseɔrs, koʊrs
during a particular period
It happened over the course of many years.
courseɔrs, koʊrs
to progress in a usual or natural way to the end
Let the recession run its course.

Wiktionary

course(Noun)
A path, sequence, development, or evolution.
course(Noun)
A normal or customary sequence.
course(Noun)
A chosen manner of proceeding.
course(Noun)
Any ordered process or sequence or steps
course(Noun)
A learning program, as in a school.
I need to take a French course to pep up.
course(Noun)
A treatment plan
course(Noun)
The itinerary of a race.
The cross-country course passes the canal.
course(Noun)
A racecourse.
course(Noun)
A part of a meal.
We offer seafood as the first course.
course(Verb)
To run or flow (especially of liquids and more particularly blood).
course(Verb)
To pursue by tracking or estimating the course taken by one's prey.
course(Noun)
The path taken by a flow of water; a watercourse.
course(Noun)
The trajectory of a ball, frisbee etc.
course(Noun)
The direction of movement of a vessel at any given moment.
The ship changed its course 15 degrees towards south.
course(Noun)
The intended passage of voyage, such as a boat, ship, airplane, spaceship, etc.
A course was plotted to traverse the ocean.
course(Noun)
The lowest square sail in a fully rigged mast, often named according to the mast.
Main course and mainsail are the same thing in a sailing ship.
course(Noun)
A row of bricks or blocks.
On a building that size, two crews could only lay two courses in a day.
course(Noun)
A row of material that forms the roofing, waterproofing or flashing system.
course(Noun)
In weft knitting, a single row of loops connecting the loops of the preceding and following rows.
course(Noun)
A string on a lute
course(Noun)
A golf course.

Origin: From cours, from cursus, from curro.

Webster Dictionary

Course(noun)
the act of moving from one point to another; progress; passage
Course(noun)
the ground or path traversed; track; way
Course(noun)
motion, considered as to its general or resultant direction or to its goal; line progress or advance
Course(noun)
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
Course(noun)
motion considered with reference to manner; or derly progress; procedure in a certain line of thought or action; as, the course of an argument
Course(noun)
customary or established sequence of events; recurrence of events according to natural laws
Course(noun)
method of procedure; manner or way of conducting; conduct; behavior
Course(noun)
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
Course(noun)
the succession of one to another in office or duty; order; turn
Course(noun)
that part of a meal served at one time, with its accompaniments
Course(noun)
a continuous level range of brick or stones of the same height throughout the face or faces of a building
Course(noun)
the lowest sail on any mast of a square-rigged vessel; as, the fore course, main course, etc
Course(noun)
the menses
Course(verb)
to run, hunt, or chase after; to follow hard upon; to pursue
Course(verb)
to cause to chase after or pursue game; as, to course greyhounds after deer
Course(verb)
to run through or over
Course(verb)
to run as in a race, or in hunting; to pursue the sport of coursing; as, the sportsmen coursed over the flats of Lancashire
Course(verb)
to move with speed; to race; as, the blood courses through the veins