American English pronunciation
How to pronounce course
IPA transcription: ['kɔɹs]
Pronunciation variants: ['kɔɹs]['kɚs]
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Noun
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education imparted in a series of lessons or meetings
“he took a course in basket weaving”
“flirting is not unknown in college classes”
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a body of students who are taught together
“early morning classes are always sleepy”
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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”
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general line of orientation
“the river takes a southern course”
“the northeastern trend of the coast”
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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”
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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”
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(construction) a layer of masonry
“a course of bricks”
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part of a meal served at one time
“she prepared a three course meal”
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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”
Verb
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move along, of liquids
“Water flowed into the cave”
“the Missouri feeds into the Mississippi”
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move swiftly through or over
“ships coursing the Atlantic”
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hunt with hounds
“He often courses hares”
Adverb
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as might be expected
“naturally, the lawyer sent us a huge bill”
Usage examples
- The latter was the only explicitly radical-themed course he taught at Yale.
- There are many references to the New Testament throughout the "Discourse".
- It is named after a large northward bend in the river's otherwise southbound course.
- The concourse is integrated with the Maritime Square shopping centre.
- It takes time of course.
- At night, the Nationalist destroyers returned to base, while the cruisers remained on course.
- It is held at the Hickory Point Golf Course in Decatur, Illinois.
- And of course I use page up and down to scroll through the file, although I prefer to use foot pedals for this.
- This, of course, with overtones of profound sentiment.
- Of course I am!