Definitions for courses
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1. courses

   A name by which the sails hanging from the lower yards of a ship are usually distinguished, viz. the main-sail, fore-sail, and mizen: the staysails upon the lower masts are sometimes also comprehended in this denomination, as are the main staysails of all brigs and schooners. A ship is under her courses when she has no sail set but the fore-sail, main-sail, and mizen. Trysails are courses (which see), sometimes termed bentincks.

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1. courses

   Plural noun of the word course.

   The local college have a range of courses for students of all age ranges.

   Submitted by MaryC on February 26, 2017  

British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'courses' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #1272

2. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'courses' in Written Corpus Frequency: #1889

Anagrams for courses »

1. Croesus, Crœsus, Scouser, scouser, sources, sucrose

2. Croesus

How to pronounce courses?

1. 

   Alex

   US English

   

   Daniel

   British

   

   Karen

   Australian

   

   Veena

   Indian

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of courses in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of courses in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

Examples of courses in a Sentence

1. Tom Burton:

   It’s very complex with the tide and the current, together with the shifting winds inside Guanabara Bay, and having big mountains surrounding it, like Sugarloaf, it’s quite complex, only having one day on each of the courses, you’ve really got to perform.

2. Tiger Woods:

   I think it's great for him to play, get the playing feels, keep the playing feels going, feels travel. He's played enough links-type golf courses.

3. Kevin Na:

   Yeah, I like this golf course, fits my game. You've got to take advantage of those weeks because there is not too many golf courses like this on tour anymore.

4. Brandt Snedeker:

   Granted there are a lot of tough golf courses and we've got big fields and we need to get around, i understand that, and the Tour staff does a great job of trying to make the golf course play as fast as possible.

5. Kimberly Erusha:

   Golf adds such a benefit to communities, you think about the green space golf courses offer, the benefits of the habitat they offer.

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