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?

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   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. Suzann Pettersen:

   Obviously, there are certain courses you play well. I sure did find some magic on the greens today, you still have to go out and execute, no matter how much you like the course.

2. John Daly:

   It's been a long time since I played that well in the first round of this tournament, i still feel like I got somewhat of the length to play somewhat long golf courses. Not like some of the guys, but I just hit it in good positions and I left John Daly those six or seven pins that were back that I left John Daly good uphill putts.

3. Charl Schwartzel:

   I like golf courses set up this way more than the ones where the guys can basically hit it anywhere and it becomes a little bit of a putting contest, this really, really shows the weakness in your game if there is anything, and it even shows the weakness in your mind, if there is anything like that too.

4. A Bartlett Giamatti:

   It is not enough to offer a smorgasbord of courses. We must insure that students are not just eating at one end of the table.

5. Rory McIlroy:

   It's awesome. I'm really grateful, i really felt the love out there. Celebrate another decade of my life and I get to do it on one of my favorite golf courses in the world, it's pretty cool.

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