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Definition of course in English: coursenoun kɔːskɔrs 1The route or direction followed by a ship, aircraft, road, or river. the road adopts a tortuous course along the coast the new fleet changed course to join the other ships Example sentencesExamples - Alternatively, you could hire a bike and follow the course of the River Loir from Vendome to its confluence with the Sarthe.
- One example of this is the Huanhe Road project that is to follow the course of the Xindian River in Taipei County.
- Ur ceased to exist in the 4th century BC, probably because the River Euphrates changed course.
- And by far the best way to enjoy it is to hire a cabin cruiser and chart a course along its winding length.
- We took off, the bus bumping along the rough coast road, charting a course due north in the late afternoon sun.
- The sun and wind shower their might along the course of the river making their task of drying the clothes easier.
- In other words, the flight paths of aircraft on a collision course are also shown in green.
- Hence, it is reasonable to assume that they change their orientation to more southeasterly courses along the routes.
- The ships then maintain parallel courses while the fuel is pumped - an operation which requires a high degree of seamanship.
- In other areas, rivers will appear and disappear along their course as they find the easiest route to the sea.
- It has been said that the course of a winding river is just like the tortuous path life sometimes takes.
- Middle Head Road and Peat Road, both tracks, respectively parallel and cross the course of a Roman road.
- These are surface diamonds, washed along the course of rivers over millions of years.
- After briefings and an exchange of stores, both ships continued their respective courses with a wave and a toot goodbye.
- At its most basic, canyoning is following a river along its course through a gulley.
- It is true that present-day river courses are not wholly natural.
- A distant sweep of pink sand marks the course of a seasonal river, Wadi Kutum.
- These unknown areas were often divided by straight lines or the course of a river or a watershed.
- When cities were built close to the river, some of the streets followed the courses of the creeks and streams that fed the river.
Synonyms route, way, track, direction, tack, path, line, journey, itinerary, channel, trail, trajectory, flight path, bearing, heading, orbit, circuit, beat, round, run - 1.1 The way in which something progresses or develops.
Example sentencesExamples - How do you feel about how Irish cinema has developed over the course of your career?
- He vows to defy the logic of time and arrange the course of history according to his liking.
- The human race is on a course of discovering a new and unknown power hidden within.
- Secondly, Honda will push along its development over the course of a season, so it is constantly improving.
- Once respiratory or renal disease develops, the course is usually rapidly progressive.
- It has characters that are compelling, sympathetic and which develop over the course of the plot.
- These extinctions become a problem to solve rather than the natural course of things.
- Postoperatively, the patient's course was unremarkable.
- However, pursuit of such a course can only lead to dependency and loss of control.
- We'll of course be back to you if any developments occur during the course of this program.
- Labor believes that the true course for world progress lies in it being run cooperatively.
Synonyms progression, development, progress, advance, advancement, evolution, unfolding, flow, movement, continuity, sequence, order, succession, rise, march, furtherance, forwarding, proceeding - 1.2count noun A procedure adopted to deal with a situation.
my decision had seemed to be the wisest course open to me at the time Example sentencesExamples - We must always ask what harm we are doing by taking a particular course of action.
- To reject a course of action as clearly undesirable is to reject it on practical grounds.
- An osteopath will review the individual's health first before advising on a course of action.
- We only ever take parents to court as a last resort and it is not a course of action we take lightly and one which we would rather avoid.
- First, what courses of action are open to us, and what are their likely consequences.
- After contemplating many dreadful acts, he finally decided on a course of action.
- I will not pretend to have the skill necessary to lay out a course of action to solve this problem.
- It isn't enough anymore to think outside the box - you have to back it up with winning strategies and specific courses of action.
- The central issue in the case is whether that was a justified course of action.
- The brief which finally reaches the minister will list the pros and cons of various courses of action on a policy and the top paper will contain a recommendation.
- Are we to regard that as a tacit seal of approval for such a course of action?
- These emotions handcuff you to a particular course of action that you would rather not carry out.
- Hopefuly, I have explained why option four was the only practical course of action.
- They can advise on the best course of action and can even arrange for an ambulance to be sent if it is needed.
- Both courses of action are preferable to stocking up piles of atomic waste.
- He was not limited to those courses of action which would be open to a court in litigation.
- The concept of policy assumes that governments define their goals and choose the methods and courses of action for reaching those goals.
- We are trying to avoid the word policy, that commits us down a certain course of action.
- Certainly topping up on any index tracker investment would be a good course of action at the moment.
- They point out that there is often a high chance of an adverse event no matter what course is pursued.
Synonyms plan (of action), course of action, method of working, MO, line of action, process, procedure, practice, approach, technique, style, manner, way, means, mode of behaviour, mode of conduct, methodology, system, policy, strategy, programme, formula, regimen Latin modus operandi rare praxis
2A dish, or a set of dishes served together, forming one of the successive parts of a meal. guests are offered a choice of main course in combination a four-course meal Example sentencesExamples - This will be great served as a first course, or as a side to duck or game.
- On the Sunday evening after the competition was over, a 3 course meal was served.
- The maid came in and took away the soup and salad courses.
- Lunches tend to be lengthy with several courses served because the noon meal is the main meal of the day.
- If you do the math, I think it will fall a little short but that's only because some of the courses were served at the same time.
- The dining room was dolled up like a palace and they served an eighty course meal.
- Even without the filling soup as a first course, the T-bone steak and salad had been an excellent meal.
- Dinner was equally large, with numerous dishes served during each course.
- Rabbit stewed in wine is a specialty, often with some of its sauce served over pasta as a first course.
- The ‘rhumb’ lines that criss-cross the map are designed to aid compass bearings, allowing navigators to sail reasonably accurate courses.
- I shuddered at the thought of a three course meal filled with dumplings, bread and cheese.
- It was a communal experience, as everyone was served the same courses at the same time, and it felt more like a party than a meal.
- Fantastic food although quite expensive unless you eat early when they serve two courses for under £9.
- As they were having lobster and langoustine, respectively, for their first courses and beef for their mains, I suggested that a red Burgundy might be a better one-stop choice.
- It was a fixed menu, dish after dish, five courses - soup, main course, salad, dessert, and beverage.
- The meal came in courses accompanied by wine from bottles - the sort that need corkscrews, not twist tops - and with real knives and forks.
- Pita meat pie often is the final course of a meal or is served as a light supper on its own.
- Instead of serving dishes in courses, a Thai meal is served all at once, permitting dinners to enjoy complementary combinations of different tastes.
- The final dish in the eight course evening was a Campari parfait served with orange ragout.
- The Japanese, like most other Asians, do not usually serve meals in courses but set all the dishes on the table at the start of the meal.
- Serve it as a breakfast in bed, a brunch dish, a first course, or as a special supper with a glass of champagne.
3An area of land set aside and prepared for racing, golf, or another sport. Example sentencesExamples - It is a full service shotgun complex with two fully automated sporting clays courses, and golf carts are included.
- ‘Our priority is to ensure that racing fans are able to turn on their television sets and watch a wide selection of racing from courses across Britain,’ he said.
- Have you ever tried to play golf on a course where there were more than a few annoying insects?
- The course was on land reclaimed from the old British Steel works.
- It was a wise decision, as the course was well prepared with consistent greens and good fairways.
- The weather gods were unkind making the course unpleasant in certain areas.
- Previously it appeared that members would gain £4000 each from sale of the course as a racing concern.
- Clearly, he enjoys the course, even the rather silly island green at the notorious 17th hole.
- The $3-a-person game simulates real courses, with wind factors and club choices.
- The more spectacular slalom racing will take place on an artificial course at the Olympic Complex.
- While they want to incorporate some sightseeing into the trip, they have specified a minimum of four rounds of golf at leading courses in the chosen area.
- One of the benefits of playing golf at new courses are the ideas you pick up.
- We got by, however, and proceeded to get onto a great course and play good golf with winners.
- As managers, golf course superintendents have to deal with trust at every level.
- The course was playing good and true and the weather could not be better.
- They use another service for showing races but have their own racing presenters on the course.
- Graphics have been sharpened slightly, but the racing courses are the same, and with minor exceptions, so are the vehicles.
- The main event will include pistol, rifle and sporting clay courses.
- Outside the golf club members were working hard to prepare the course for open week.
- Conditions were fine for golf and the course was beautifully prepared.
Synonyms track, racetrack, racecourse, circuit, ground, stadium, speedway, velodrome, route, trail in ancient Rome circus rare cirque 4A series of lectures or lessons in a particular subject, leading to an examination or qualification. a business studies course Example sentencesExamples - True revision is only possible if you have studied the subject conscientiously throughout your course.
- I've had students write me telling me that they used one of my courses in high school.
- Only dual enrollment mathematics courses taught on high school campuses are included in the study.
- Tibetan communities made efforts to teach more subject courses in Tibetan in primary and secondary schools.
- The summer school will include courses on a range of subjects as well as outings and recreational activities.
- This information, while useful in upgrading the college courses, only indirectly affected the high school courses.
- Without textbooks in minority languages, schools were more likely to offer subject courses in Chinese.
- His research shows that 82 percent of students taking distance learning courses are either local or on-campus.
- While aspects of the curriculum can be assessed in the written examination, courses of study in each school reflect the whole curriculum.
- The figures relate to primary and secondary postgraduate teacher training courses for all subjects.
- This could occur in small groups in teacher education courses or in large class discussions.
- Because on-site attendance can be impossible for those living far away, numerous schools and educators offer distance learning courses.
- More math and reading courses for elementary school teachers were mandated.
- The project also will test use of the Web to provide science lab courses to high schools.
- The center offers research fellowships, courses, lecture series, conferences, and publications.
- Initially, the vocational training center will mainly provide training courses for vocational school teachers.
- The new master's program has a set curriculum with no elective courses.
- The school's academic courses include Chinese language lessons taught by professors from China, night classes for adults, and computer lessons.
- The internet based company develops internet continuing education courses and distance learning on their web site, with almost all the specialties.
- Many of the sites offered community college credit for courses taken as part of a high school diploma.
Synonyms programme of study, course of study, educational programme, set of lectures, curriculum, syllabus, schedule classes, lectures, studies - 4.1Medicine A series of repeated treatments or doses of medication.
the doctor prescribed a course of antibiotics Example sentencesExamples - A repeat course of antibiotics at a later date to keep the condition under control.
- Initial treatment should be medical with a course of antibiotics of at least two weeks duration.
- First dose reactions occur after the first dose of a course of treatment and not necessarily thereafter.
- A recurrence followed his initial recovery, and he needed a repeat course of treatment.
- Most clinical trials have used 10-to 14-day courses of antibiotic therapy.
Synonyms programme, series, sequence, system, schedule, regimen - 4.2Bell-ringing A series of changes which brings the bells back to their original order, or the changes of a particular bell.
5A continuous horizontal layer of brick, stone, or other material in a wall. Example sentencesExamples - Without mortar, lay two courses of brick to help determine the size of your barbecue.
- A continuous render is taken up the sides and over the top of the core material of a wall, the core material being some three courses of mud bricks about forty centimetres high.
- The wall was built in regular horizontal courses bonded by mud mortar.
- The effect of height of a temple till now was mitigated and compromised by the horizontal courses of stone used for construction.
- One face of the double-sided fireplace features two courses of light buff brick alternating with a single, inset course of red bricks.
- The courses are horizontal, but the stones are not all of uniform height or width, and in some cases two stones are placed one on top of the other to maintain the height.
Synonyms layer, thickness, stratum, seam, vein, band, bed 6A pursuit of game (especially hares) with greyhounds by sight rather than scent. 7A sail on the lowest yards of a square-rigged ship. Example sentencesExamples - Next we had to set the course sail, the top sail of the forward mast, then the foresails out over the bowsprit.
8A set of adjacent strings on a guitar, lute, etc., tuned to the same note. Example sentencesExamples - The early lute was played with a plectrum and had four double courses of strings; during the 15th century a fifth course was added.
- The kanoun is a large zither, often with 70 to 100 strings arranged in courses of three.
verb kɔːskɔrs 1no object, with adverbial of direction (of liquid) move without obstruction; flow. tears were coursing down her cheeks figurative exultation coursed through him Example sentencesExamples - She cried, tears coursing down her cheeks, mingled with the rain.
- Even writing that I can feel a little adrenaline rush coursing through my veins.
- I was determined to catch some of the big trout I could see in the clear streams that coursed down each valley floor.
- The tears flowed freely now, coursing down my cheeks and soaking into her tank top as she cradled my head with one arm and encircled my waist with the other.
- She turned and ran as fast as she could, trying all the while to control the stream of tears coursing down her cheeks.
- My father may have been in the merchant navy, but that doesn't mean there's salt water coursing through my veins.
- It felt like my entire right side had been blown off, and every breath sent liquid fire coursing through every vein.
- Nikolas closed his eyes as the spray of water coursed down his body.
- Cassandra merely stayed where she was, unable to move as the pain coursed through her body.
- But a fallen power line or nearby lightning strike can easily overwhelm the power supply and send a mortal surge of electricity coursing through your motherboard.
- The warm liquid coursed down her throat, calming the fear she felt.
- Water coursed through the empty gullies, filling oceans, creating islands, lapping up on sand and rocks, and hosting a new swarm of creatures.
- When I could stand it no longer, I buried my head in my arms, and the tears began coursing down my cheeks; though I felt none of the usual relief crying brings.
- Water coursed from his hair, to his neck, and to his toes in tiny rivulets.
- Once the dam's stored waters coursed into the valley, a bucolic canal culture blossomed.
- Power coursed like liquid fire through my veins, as my adrenaline spiked and I screamed in pain.
- I nodded; tears were still coursing down my cheeks.
- As water coursed through houses and shops, stock and belongings were swept out; mud and rubbish were swept in.
- I took the opportunity to glance at her, and noticed tears coursing down her cheeks.
- The start of the main race was delayed after a thunderstorm hit the circuit, causing heavy flooding, with water coursing across the track in several places.
Synonyms flow, pour, race, stream, run, rush, gush, pump, move, cascade, flood, surge, sweep, roll British informal sloosh 2with object Pursue (game, especially hares) with greyhounds using sight rather than scent. many of the hares coursed escaped unharmed no object she would course for hares with her greyhounds Example sentencesExamples - True: but we have all seen photographs of beings in rapid motion - horses racing, greyhounds coursing a hare, men running over a field, and so on.
- He is too fast to be coursed in sight, and is hunted by scent, which varies with temperature, climate and soil.
- The farmer thought they were coursing hares and called police.
Synonyms hunt, chase, pursue, stalk, run down, run after, give chase to, follow, track, trail, shadow, hound, dog informal tail
Phrases see course (sense 1 of the noun) Example sentencesExamples - Admittedly this is an unusual course of action for a federal agency.
- Upon receiving this assessment the parties can decide what their respective future course of action will be.
- The prospect of ministers sharing in the financial pain may help the Tories sell such a course of action.
- With any course of action there is a desired or anticipated outcome.
- The only course of action is to persuade him to resign or to hold a primary.
- His doctor can think of no other course of action at the moment.
- Both courses of action further reduce the ability of the state to command the sort of revenue stream it previously enjoyed.
- The suggested course of action makes no sense, constitutionally, politically or practically.
- The hospital was waiting for tests to reveal the cause of the illness, allowing doctors to then determine the best course of action.
- Every course of action we evaluated had multiple ramifications.
Events or processes which are normal and to be expected. each man would, in the course of nature, have his private opinions Example sentencesExamples - That the earth was created due to a huge cosmic explosion and life evolved by the course of nature.
- For this reason, Ockham shifted emphasis on simplicity from the course of nature to theories which are formulated about it.
- I would say that the course of nature dictates, all right?
- As a result of this tampering with the course of nature, water has entered several residential colonies, forcing the people to stay indoors, during the last spell of rain, he adds.
- I never thought we needed it but it has changed the course of nature.
- No causal study could rule out the possibility that its results were not due directly it interfering with the course of nature.
- First, on account of the variation in the course of nature, on which we marvel.
- Usually she accepted the course of nature, but giant slugs she didn't consider natural.
- If this project is carried out on a large scale, it will add up to a massive amount of human alteration of the course of nature.
- Are they to rely on the course of nature - an uncontrollable voice and unexpected hair growth to be the only sign of impending adulthood?
1Undergoing the specified process. a new text book was in course of preparation Example sentencesExamples - The quality and degree of validation of decisions determine employment efficiency, cost and operational characteristics of the Air Force in course of development.
- The objection to the application was made by the man who was appointed manager of the establishment when it was in course of construction.
- Suppose that the same gene produces many processed pseudogenes in the course of its evolution.
- It therefore refers to what is aleatory, temporal and in course of development.
- The plans for the new station are in course of preparation, but nothing definite has been decided in this connection pending the formation of the new terminal company.
- Single monomers undergo conformational changes in the course of the simulation.
- The company continued to invest in fleet upgrading with 40 new vehicles delivered during the year and a further 38 vehicles in course of delivery this month.
- When this judgment was in course of preparation counsel drew my attention to three additional cases.
- We all go through this process, and in the course of it we lose the ability just to be ourselves.
- It is prohibited to burn vegetation between the 1st of March and the 31st of August growing on any land which is at the time not cultivated or not in course of cultivation for agriculture or forestry.
2During the specified period or activity. he was a friend to many people in the course of his life Example sentencesExamples - Many of the children read over 20 books in the course of a four week period.
- Research is needed to refine the interventions so they better address different types of families, in different situations, and at different points in course of illness.
- Only gradually in the course of this period were polities defined in clear terms of territory and explicit geographical sensibility.
- This happened as the draft Broadcasting Bill made its way through Parliament in the course of 1980.
- How, then did the natural environment change in the course of this period?
- Some natural mechanism for protection from light-induced damages should exist, since the eye developed in course of evolution under relatively stable conditions of lighting.
- Two years passed and I hadn't seen the boy more than five times in the course of that period.
- A series of political crises in the course of this period mark the decay of the old bourgeois-democratic framework.
- In course of their progress to the finals, some excellent matches were played.
- That is indisputable, nevertheless, in the course of this period many battles took place.
Synonyms duration, passing, passage, lapse, period, term, span, spell, sweep
in (or over) the course of time the property will deteriorate in the course of time Example sentencesExamples - Those who have studied this worldwide problem say that ‘continuous exposure’ to 85 decibels of noise will, in course of time, damage hearing ability.
- This is a topic which I will return to in the course of time, when I shall use the evidence presented in this book to discuss one key decision that writers have to make.
- However in the course of time, gold has become the preferred metal for use in hand wrought jewellery.
- The nature of that support is the matter of ongoing discussions and it's too soon to speculate about what it might develop into in the course of time.
- He said people should encourage musicians to render new keertanas so that they too became popular in the course of time.
1Used to introduce an idea or action as being obvious or to be expected. the point is of course that the puzzle itself is misleading Example sentencesExamples - Many improvements were made, of course, but the idea remained remarkably the same.
- It is, of course, obvious that such an approach is predicated on the lawfulness of the policy.
- The most obvious way of dealing with the waste is of course not to produce it in the first place.
- Older people cannot, of course, be expected to know what they might care to do with their time.
- It is expected of them, of course, and most of the time it is pretty tedious stuff.
- The only problem, of course, is that it's never a good idea to use a genius as your warm-up act.
- This all seemed a great idea in principle but of course the numbers don't work.
- This of course entails the idea that the ruling ideology doesn't take itself seriously.
- Assuming, of course, they were ever really expected to be taking part in the first place.
- It is, of course, obvious that it is not only actions that are bound to succeed that have a value.
Synonyms naturally, as might be expected, as one would expect, as you would expect, needless to say, not unexpectedly, certainly, to be sure, as was anticipated, as a matter of course - 1.1Used to give or emphasize agreement or permission.
‘Can I see you for a minute?’ ‘Of course.’ Example sentencesExamples - Oh yes, sure I got messages from others, and of course I was ecstatic to hear from them.
- There is no doubt that we want to do well and of course we will try and win the championship if that is possible.
Synonyms yes, certainly, definitely, absolutely, by all means, with pleasure - 1.2Introducing a qualification or admission.
of course we've been in touch by phone, but I wanted to see things for myself Example sentencesExamples - My solicitors have indeed attended today, although of course they are not legal aided at all.
- They must have thought we were on a pleasure cruise, and of course in lots of ways we were.
- Hope you enjoy this so far, of course I am very critical so have no idea how good this actually is.
- Oh, of course, he had invited me to tea, but been asked out himself, and forgotten all about me.
- That's assuming that blogging and the column both last another year of course.
- This is all very positive for me, of course, but it is also good for the team.
Synonyms yes, certainly, definitely, absolutely, by all means, with pleasure
Not following the intended route. the car went careering off course Example sentencesExamples - That's when we veered off course and nose-dived thousands of feet.
- If we are not careful, all the words that follow people, politics, and power can take us off course.
- An arrow that spins less will not cut through the air the same and it will drift further off course.
- I told him we not only were off course, but that we were on the wrong route.
- Storm and winds can buffet you off course, you may be injured, tire, fall behind, drop and die.
- That way when the car goes a little off course, it could just bounce right back in and continue merrily on its way.
- A knee injury, a doping ban and problems with his former team all combined to knock his career off course.
- Two years into the century it seems we are still a long way off course.
- It was meant to be a routine flight, but the plane ended up 2000 km off course.
- A difficult course to make, with the choppy cross seas that are continuously trying to knock us off course.
Synonyms lost, off course, off track, off the right track, having lost one's bearings, disorientated, disoriented, confused, bewildered, at sea, all at sea wrong, mistaken, inaccurate, wide of the mark, off target, awry, amiss, astray, off course, off the right track
1Following the intended route. he battled to keep the ship on course figurative we need to spend money to get the economy back on course Example sentencesExamples - When he rolled the racer back on course the ship flipped over on its back and dove into the ground.
- We were on course now, following the postage stamp sign and heading straight for the museum.
- It is evident that it's going to take a while to achieve our objective, but we're on course.
- The company is in the third year, and is said to be well on course with its targets.
- The real challenge is the capacity to assess where we are, where we have gone off track and to get things back on course.
- I think I'm on course in my career and, as I said, this is when I thought I'd start to deliver anyway.
- The wound was slow to heal in the months that followed but within a year they were back on course.
- Occasionally, foreign flagged ships radio asking for directions to get back on course.
- We can definitely find a modern and progressive form of governance by staying on course towards the right.
- But the messy bit was quick and we were on course and on track and pasture to a back road, only one car came by.
Synonyms on target, on schedule, on time - 1.1Likely to achieve something.
he was on course for victory Example sentencesExamples - The company was now on course to make profits of £400m in the full year.
- House prices are on course to outpace shares again this year.
- It appears that they are on course to achieve their goal, but one year later than planned.
- So far this year, 27 members have passed, putting the group on course to achieve its target.
- It had been a devastating blow: until that moment she had been more than five days ahead of schedule and on course to smash the record.
- He predicts that the group is already on course to achieve £8.5m profits in the current financial year.
- Melanoma rates are on course to treble over the next 30 years, unless sunbathing trends are reversed.
- At 17, and with a three handicap, he is well on course to achieve his dream of becoming a professional.
- Only two letters of objection were received, and the council is now on course to build the £3,500 shelter.
- Earlier they seemed on course to continue their serene progress.
Synonyms on track, on target, on schedule
Complete its natural development without interference. his illness had to run its course to the crisis Example sentencesExamples - They were an old race, many millennia having given natural selection time to run its course.
- He believed that natural justice was taking its course and judicial fairness, according to common law, would be afforded.
- As the light faded and the storm ran its course, she was forced to turn on the lamps in the room.
- What about brushing one's teeth, as opposed to letting natural tooth decay take its course?
- But as the progressiveness of the illness takes its course, they will not be able to hide it.
- We have the right to say ‘enough,’ and let the natural dying process take its course.
- There is no specific treatment for the virus and patients are given plenty of fluids until the illness runs its course.
- And I actually forced myself to eat, which of course, was a mistake, and nature took its course on that one.
- He has had three or four relationships since, but they simply ran their course rather than being destroyed by what happened to him.
- All this amounts to gross interference with the investigation and prevents law from taking its course.
Synonyms come to an end, cease to exist, fade, fade away, melt away, blow over, run its course, ebb, die out, evaporate, vanish, peter out, draw to a close, disappear, finish, end, cease, terminate
Origin Middle English: from Old French cours, from Latin cursus, from curs- 'run', from the verb currere. cursor from Middle English: Nowadays we call the movable indicator on our computer screen the cursor. In medieval English a cursor was a running messenger: it is a borrowing of the Latin word for ‘a runner’, and comes from currere ‘to run’. From the late 16th century cursor became the term for a sliding part of a slide rule or other instrument, marked with a line for pinpointing the position on a scale that you want, the forerunner of the computing sense. Currere is the source of very many English words including course (Middle English) something you run along; concourse (Late Middle English) originally a crowd who had ‘run together’; current (Middle English) originally meaning ‘running, flowing’; discursive (late 16th century) running away from the point; excursion (late 16th century) running out to see things; intercourse (Late Middle English) originally an exchange running between people; and precursor (Late Middle English) one who goes before; as well as supplying the cur part of concur (Late Middle English); incur (Late Middle English); occur (Late Middle English) (from ob- ‘against’); and recur (Middle English).
Rhymes coarse, corse, divorce, endorse (US indorse), enforce, force, gorse, hoarse, horse, morse, Norse, perforce, reinforce, sauce, source, torse Definition of course in US English: coursenounkôrskɔrs 1in singular The route or direction followed by a ship, aircraft, road, or river. the road adopts a tortuous course along the coast the new fleet changed course to join the other ships Example sentencesExamples - Hence, it is reasonable to assume that they change their orientation to more southeasterly courses along the routes.
- When cities were built close to the river, some of the streets followed the courses of the creeks and streams that fed the river.
- At its most basic, canyoning is following a river along its course through a gulley.
- In other words, the flight paths of aircraft on a collision course are also shown in green.
- Ur ceased to exist in the 4th century BC, probably because the River Euphrates changed course.
- These unknown areas were often divided by straight lines or the course of a river or a watershed.
- And by far the best way to enjoy it is to hire a cabin cruiser and chart a course along its winding length.
- After briefings and an exchange of stores, both ships continued their respective courses with a wave and a toot goodbye.
- It is true that present-day river courses are not wholly natural.
- In other areas, rivers will appear and disappear along their course as they find the easiest route to the sea.
- These are surface diamonds, washed along the course of rivers over millions of years.
- One example of this is the Huanhe Road project that is to follow the course of the Xindian River in Taipei County.
- The ships then maintain parallel courses while the fuel is pumped - an operation which requires a high degree of seamanship.
- The sun and wind shower their might along the course of the river making their task of drying the clothes easier.
- Alternatively, you could hire a bike and follow the course of the River Loir from Vendome to its confluence with the Sarthe.
- Middle Head Road and Peat Road, both tracks, respectively parallel and cross the course of a Roman road.
- A distant sweep of pink sand marks the course of a seasonal river, Wadi Kutum.
- We took off, the bus bumping along the rough coast road, charting a course due north in the late afternoon sun.
- It has been said that the course of a winding river is just like the tortuous path life sometimes takes.
Synonyms route, way, track, direction, tack, path, line, journey, itinerary, channel, trail, trajectory, flight path, bearing, heading, orbit, circuit, beat, round, run - 1.1 The way in which something progresses or develops.
Example sentencesExamples - However, pursuit of such a course can only lead to dependency and loss of control.
- Once respiratory or renal disease develops, the course is usually rapidly progressive.
- It has characters that are compelling, sympathetic and which develop over the course of the plot.
- We'll of course be back to you if any developments occur during the course of this program.
- How do you feel about how Irish cinema has developed over the course of your career?
- The human race is on a course of discovering a new and unknown power hidden within.
- Secondly, Honda will push along its development over the course of a season, so it is constantly improving.
- Labor believes that the true course for world progress lies in it being run cooperatively.
- Postoperatively, the patient's course was unremarkable.
- He vows to defy the logic of time and arrange the course of history according to his liking.
- These extinctions become a problem to solve rather than the natural course of things.
Synonyms progression, development, progress, advance, advancement, evolution, unfolding, flow, movement, continuity, sequence, order, succession, rise, march, furtherance, forwarding, proceeding - 1.2 A procedure adopted to deal with a situation.
Example sentencesExamples - To reject a course of action as clearly undesirable is to reject it on practical grounds.
- He was not limited to those courses of action which would be open to a court in litigation.
- They can advise on the best course of action and can even arrange for an ambulance to be sent if it is needed.
- An osteopath will review the individual's health first before advising on a course of action.
- The central issue in the case is whether that was a justified course of action.
- Certainly topping up on any index tracker investment would be a good course of action at the moment.
- After contemplating many dreadful acts, he finally decided on a course of action.
- Both courses of action are preferable to stocking up piles of atomic waste.
- First, what courses of action are open to us, and what are their likely consequences.
- We only ever take parents to court as a last resort and it is not a course of action we take lightly and one which we would rather avoid.
- Are we to regard that as a tacit seal of approval for such a course of action?
- I will not pretend to have the skill necessary to lay out a course of action to solve this problem.
- The brief which finally reaches the minister will list the pros and cons of various courses of action on a policy and the top paper will contain a recommendation.
- It isn't enough anymore to think outside the box - you have to back it up with winning strategies and specific courses of action.
- They point out that there is often a high chance of an adverse event no matter what course is pursued.
- The concept of policy assumes that governments define their goals and choose the methods and courses of action for reaching those goals.
- These emotions handcuff you to a particular course of action that you would rather not carry out.
- Hopefuly, I have explained why option four was the only practical course of action.
- We are trying to avoid the word policy, that commits us down a certain course of action.
- We must always ask what harm we are doing by taking a particular course of action.
Synonyms plan, plan of action, course of action, method of working, mo, line of action, process, procedure, practice, approach, technique, style, manner, way, means, mode of behaviour, mode of conduct, methodology, system, policy, strategy, programme, formula, regimen
2A dish, or a set of dishes served together, forming one of the successive parts of a meal. guests are offered a choice of main course in combination a four-course meal Example sentencesExamples - Fantastic food although quite expensive unless you eat early when they serve two courses for under £9.
- On the Sunday evening after the competition was over, a 3 course meal was served.
- The Japanese, like most other Asians, do not usually serve meals in courses but set all the dishes on the table at the start of the meal.
- The meal came in courses accompanied by wine from bottles - the sort that need corkscrews, not twist tops - and with real knives and forks.
- The dining room was dolled up like a palace and they served an eighty course meal.
- I shuddered at the thought of a three course meal filled with dumplings, bread and cheese.
- The maid came in and took away the soup and salad courses.
- As they were having lobster and langoustine, respectively, for their first courses and beef for their mains, I suggested that a red Burgundy might be a better one-stop choice.
- Instead of serving dishes in courses, a Thai meal is served all at once, permitting dinners to enjoy complementary combinations of different tastes.
- Dinner was equally large, with numerous dishes served during each course.
- The ‘rhumb’ lines that criss-cross the map are designed to aid compass bearings, allowing navigators to sail reasonably accurate courses.
- Lunches tend to be lengthy with several courses served because the noon meal is the main meal of the day.
- The final dish in the eight course evening was a Campari parfait served with orange ragout.
- Pita meat pie often is the final course of a meal or is served as a light supper on its own.
- If you do the math, I think it will fall a little short but that's only because some of the courses were served at the same time.
- This will be great served as a first course, or as a side to duck or game.
- Even without the filling soup as a first course, the T-bone steak and salad had been an excellent meal.
- It was a communal experience, as everyone was served the same courses at the same time, and it felt more like a party than a meal.
- Rabbit stewed in wine is a specialty, often with some of its sauce served over pasta as a first course.
- It was a fixed menu, dish after dish, five courses - soup, main course, salad, dessert, and beverage.
- Serve it as a breakfast in bed, a brunch dish, a first course, or as a special supper with a glass of champagne.
3An area of land set aside and prepared for racing, golf, or another sport. Example sentencesExamples - Clearly, he enjoys the course, even the rather silly island green at the notorious 17th hole.
- The more spectacular slalom racing will take place on an artificial course at the Olympic Complex.
- Have you ever tried to play golf on a course where there were more than a few annoying insects?
- We got by, however, and proceeded to get onto a great course and play good golf with winners.
- The course was playing good and true and the weather could not be better.
- The course was on land reclaimed from the old British Steel works.
- The weather gods were unkind making the course unpleasant in certain areas.
- They use another service for showing races but have their own racing presenters on the course.
- Outside the golf club members were working hard to prepare the course for open week.
- While they want to incorporate some sightseeing into the trip, they have specified a minimum of four rounds of golf at leading courses in the chosen area.
- Conditions were fine for golf and the course was beautifully prepared.
- The main event will include pistol, rifle and sporting clay courses.
- ‘Our priority is to ensure that racing fans are able to turn on their television sets and watch a wide selection of racing from courses across Britain,’ he said.
- As managers, golf course superintendents have to deal with trust at every level.
- Previously it appeared that members would gain £4000 each from sale of the course as a racing concern.
- It was a wise decision, as the course was well prepared with consistent greens and good fairways.
- The $3-a-person game simulates real courses, with wind factors and club choices.
- It is a full service shotgun complex with two fully automated sporting clays courses, and golf carts are included.
- One of the benefits of playing golf at new courses are the ideas you pick up.
- Graphics have been sharpened slightly, but the racing courses are the same, and with minor exceptions, so are the vehicles.
Synonyms track, racetrack, racecourse, circuit, ground, stadium, speedway, velodrome, route, trail 4A series of lectures or lessons in a particular subject, typically leading to a qualification. a business studies course Example sentencesExamples - The project also will test use of the Web to provide science lab courses to high schools.
- His research shows that 82 percent of students taking distance learning courses are either local or on-campus.
- True revision is only possible if you have studied the subject conscientiously throughout your course.
- The center offers research fellowships, courses, lecture series, conferences, and publications.
- The figures relate to primary and secondary postgraduate teacher training courses for all subjects.
- Initially, the vocational training center will mainly provide training courses for vocational school teachers.
- Many of the sites offered community college credit for courses taken as part of a high school diploma.
- The internet based company develops internet continuing education courses and distance learning on their web site, with almost all the specialties.
- The school's academic courses include Chinese language lessons taught by professors from China, night classes for adults, and computer lessons.
- Without textbooks in minority languages, schools were more likely to offer subject courses in Chinese.
- I've had students write me telling me that they used one of my courses in high school.
- Only dual enrollment mathematics courses taught on high school campuses are included in the study.
- This information, while useful in upgrading the college courses, only indirectly affected the high school courses.
- The summer school will include courses on a range of subjects as well as outings and recreational activities.
- Because on-site attendance can be impossible for those living far away, numerous schools and educators offer distance learning courses.
- Tibetan communities made efforts to teach more subject courses in Tibetan in primary and secondary schools.
- While aspects of the curriculum can be assessed in the written examination, courses of study in each school reflect the whole curriculum.
- More math and reading courses for elementary school teachers were mandated.
- This could occur in small groups in teacher education courses or in large class discussions.
- The new master's program has a set curriculum with no elective courses.
Synonyms programme of study, course of study, educational programme, set of lectures, curriculum, syllabus, schedule - 4.1Medicine A series of repeated treatments or doses of medication.
the doctor prescribed a course of antibiotics Example sentencesExamples - First dose reactions occur after the first dose of a course of treatment and not necessarily thereafter.
- Initial treatment should be medical with a course of antibiotics of at least two weeks duration.
- A repeat course of antibiotics at a later date to keep the condition under control.
- Most clinical trials have used 10-to 14-day courses of antibiotic therapy.
- A recurrence followed his initial recovery, and he needed a repeat course of treatment.
Synonyms programme, series, sequence, system, schedule, regimen
5A continuous horizontal layer of brick, stone, or other material in a building. Example sentencesExamples - The effect of height of a temple till now was mitigated and compromised by the horizontal courses of stone used for construction.
- The courses are horizontal, but the stones are not all of uniform height or width, and in some cases two stones are placed one on top of the other to maintain the height.
- Without mortar, lay two courses of brick to help determine the size of your barbecue.
- One face of the double-sided fireplace features two courses of light buff brick alternating with a single, inset course of red bricks.
- A continuous render is taken up the sides and over the top of the core material of a wall, the core material being some three courses of mud bricks about forty centimetres high.
- The wall was built in regular horizontal courses bonded by mud mortar.
Synonyms layer, thickness, stratum, seam, vein, band, bed 6A pursuit of game (especially hares) with greyhounds by sight rather than scent. 7The lowest sail on a square-rigged mast. Example sentencesExamples - Next we had to set the course sail, the top sail of the forward mast, then the foresails out over the bowsprit.
8A set of adjacent strings on a guitar, lute, etc., tuned to the same note. Example sentencesExamples - The early lute was played with a plectrum and had four double courses of strings; during the 15th century a fifth course was added.
- The kanoun is a large zither, often with 70 to 100 strings arranged in courses of three.
verbkôrskɔrs 1no object, with adverbial of direction (of liquid) move without obstruction; flow. tears were coursing down her cheeks figurative exultation coursed through him Example sentencesExamples - When I could stand it no longer, I buried my head in my arms, and the tears began coursing down my cheeks; though I felt none of the usual relief crying brings.
- She cried, tears coursing down her cheeks, mingled with the rain.
- Water coursed from his hair, to his neck, and to his toes in tiny rivulets.
- As water coursed through houses and shops, stock and belongings were swept out; mud and rubbish were swept in.
- Even writing that I can feel a little adrenaline rush coursing through my veins.
- The start of the main race was delayed after a thunderstorm hit the circuit, causing heavy flooding, with water coursing across the track in several places.
- Water coursed through the empty gullies, filling oceans, creating islands, lapping up on sand and rocks, and hosting a new swarm of creatures.
- Nikolas closed his eyes as the spray of water coursed down his body.
- I nodded; tears were still coursing down my cheeks.
- Power coursed like liquid fire through my veins, as my adrenaline spiked and I screamed in pain.
- She turned and ran as fast as she could, trying all the while to control the stream of tears coursing down her cheeks.
- My father may have been in the merchant navy, but that doesn't mean there's salt water coursing through my veins.
- The tears flowed freely now, coursing down my cheeks and soaking into her tank top as she cradled my head with one arm and encircled my waist with the other.
- I took the opportunity to glance at her, and noticed tears coursing down her cheeks.
- The warm liquid coursed down her throat, calming the fear she felt.
- Cassandra merely stayed where she was, unable to move as the pain coursed through her body.
- It felt like my entire right side had been blown off, and every breath sent liquid fire coursing through every vein.
- But a fallen power line or nearby lightning strike can easily overwhelm the power supply and send a mortal surge of electricity coursing through your motherboard.
- I was determined to catch some of the big trout I could see in the clear streams that coursed down each valley floor.
- Once the dam's stored waters coursed into the valley, a bucolic canal culture blossomed.
Synonyms flow, pour, race, stream, run, rush, gush, pump, move, cascade, flood, surge, sweep, roll 2with object Pursue (game, especially hares) with greyhounds using sight rather than scent. many of the hares coursed escaped unharmed no object she would course for hares with her greyhounds Example sentencesExamples - True: but we have all seen photographs of beings in rapid motion - horses racing, greyhounds coursing a hare, men running over a field, and so on.
- The farmer thought they were coursing hares and called police.
- He is too fast to be coursed in sight, and is hunted by scent, which varies with temperature, climate and soil.
Synonyms hunt, chase, pursue, stalk, run down, run after, give chase to, follow, track, trail, shadow, hound, dog
Phrases A procedure adopted to deal with a situation. the wisest course of action is to tackle the problem at its source Example sentencesExamples - Both courses of action further reduce the ability of the state to command the sort of revenue stream it previously enjoyed.
- Every course of action we evaluated had multiple ramifications.
- The prospect of ministers sharing in the financial pain may help the Tories sell such a course of action.
- His doctor can think of no other course of action at the moment.
- With any course of action there is a desired or anticipated outcome.
- The hospital was waiting for tests to reveal the cause of the illness, allowing doctors to then determine the best course of action.
- The suggested course of action makes no sense, constitutionally, politically or practically.
- The only course of action is to persuade him to resign or to hold a primary.
- Upon receiving this assessment the parties can decide what their respective future course of action will be.
- Admittedly this is an unusual course of action for a federal agency.
Events or processes which are normal and to be expected. each man would, in the course of nature, have his private opinions Example sentencesExamples - I would say that the course of nature dictates, all right?
- Usually she accepted the course of nature, but giant slugs she didn't consider natural.
- I never thought we needed it but it has changed the course of nature.
- Are they to rely on the course of nature - an uncontrollable voice and unexpected hair growth to be the only sign of impending adulthood?
- As a result of this tampering with the course of nature, water has entered several residential colonies, forcing the people to stay indoors, during the last spell of rain, he adds.
- If this project is carried out on a large scale, it will add up to a massive amount of human alteration of the course of nature.
- No causal study could rule out the possibility that its results were not due directly it interfering with the course of nature.
- First, on account of the variation in the course of nature, on which we marvel.
- For this reason, Ockham shifted emphasis on simplicity from the course of nature to theories which are formulated about it.
- That the earth was created due to a huge cosmic explosion and life evolved by the course of nature.
1Undergoing the specified process. a new text book was in the course of preparation Example sentencesExamples - When this judgment was in course of preparation counsel drew my attention to three additional cases.
- The plans for the new station are in course of preparation, but nothing definite has been decided in this connection pending the formation of the new terminal company.
- The objection to the application was made by the man who was appointed manager of the establishment when it was in course of construction.
- The quality and degree of validation of decisions determine employment efficiency, cost and operational characteristics of the Air Force in course of development.
- Suppose that the same gene produces many processed pseudogenes in the course of its evolution.
- The company continued to invest in fleet upgrading with 40 new vehicles delivered during the year and a further 38 vehicles in course of delivery this month.
- Single monomers undergo conformational changes in the course of the simulation.
- We all go through this process, and in the course of it we lose the ability just to be ourselves.
- It is prohibited to burn vegetation between the 1st of March and the 31st of August growing on any land which is at the time not cultivated or not in course of cultivation for agriculture or forestry.
- It therefore refers to what is aleatory, temporal and in course of development.
2During the specified period. he was a friend to many people in the course of his life Example sentencesExamples - This happened as the draft Broadcasting Bill made its way through Parliament in the course of 1980.
- A series of political crises in the course of this period mark the decay of the old bourgeois-democratic framework.
- In course of their progress to the finals, some excellent matches were played.
- Some natural mechanism for protection from light-induced damages should exist, since the eye developed in course of evolution under relatively stable conditions of lighting.
- Two years passed and I hadn't seen the boy more than five times in the course of that period.
- Many of the children read over 20 books in the course of a four week period.
- Research is needed to refine the interventions so they better address different types of families, in different situations, and at different points in course of illness.
- That is indisputable, nevertheless, in the course of this period many battles took place.
- How, then did the natural environment change in the course of this period?
- Only gradually in the course of this period were polities defined in clear terms of territory and explicit geographical sensibility.
Synonyms duration, passing, passage, lapse, period, term, span, spell, sweep - 2.1During and as a part of the specified activity.
they became friends in the course of their long walks Example sentencesExamples - The winning team gets $6000 shopping vouchers along with all the items purchased in course of the final challenge.
- I concluded my talk saying that in course of my work I had seen a mother ready to sacrifice everything for her children.
- This was made clear to us in course of many conversations in Gujarat.
- Your Honour is capable, of course, to deal with them in course of argument.
- I think one of the things, though, that I have discovered in course of researches that I've made is that the Prince really was very much a part-time father.
- The group undergoes many trials in the course of their journey.
- It is not a serendipitous finding where in course of another research you discover that such an activity is good for health.
- In the law books obviously there are some provisions for punishing police officers for misconduct in course of their duties.
in (or over) the course of time Example sentencesExamples - This is a topic which I will return to in the course of time, when I shall use the evidence presented in this book to discuss one key decision that writers have to make.
- He said people should encourage musicians to render new keertanas so that they too became popular in the course of time.
- The nature of that support is the matter of ongoing discussions and it's too soon to speculate about what it might develop into in the course of time.
- Those who have studied this worldwide problem say that ‘continuous exposure’ to 85 decibels of noise will, in course of time, damage hearing ability.
- However in the course of time, gold has become the preferred metal for use in hand wrought jewellery.
1Used to introduce an idea or turn of events as being obvious or to be expected. the point is of course that the puzzle itself is misleading Example sentencesExamples - It is expected of them, of course, and most of the time it is pretty tedious stuff.
- It is, of course, obvious that such an approach is predicated on the lawfulness of the policy.
- Assuming, of course, they were ever really expected to be taking part in the first place.
- This all seemed a great idea in principle but of course the numbers don't work.
- Many improvements were made, of course, but the idea remained remarkably the same.
- Older people cannot, of course, be expected to know what they might care to do with their time.
- The only problem, of course, is that it's never a good idea to use a genius as your warm-up act.
- This of course entails the idea that the ruling ideology doesn't take itself seriously.
- It is, of course, obvious that it is not only actions that are bound to succeed that have a value.
- The most obvious way of dealing with the waste is of course not to produce it in the first place.
Synonyms naturally, as might be expected, as one would expect, as you would expect, needless to say, not unexpectedly, certainly, to be sure, as was anticipated, as a matter of course - 1.1Used to give or emphasize agreement or permission.
“Can I see you for a minute?” “Of course.” Example sentencesExamples - There is no doubt that we want to do well and of course we will try and win the championship if that is possible.
- Oh yes, sure I got messages from others, and of course I was ecstatic to hear from them.
Synonyms yes, certainly, definitely, absolutely, by all means, with pleasure - 1.2Introducing a qualification or admission.
of course we've been in touch by phone, but I wanted to see things for myself Example sentencesExamples - That's assuming that blogging and the column both last another year of course.
- My solicitors have indeed attended today, although of course they are not legal aided at all.
- Oh, of course, he had invited me to tea, but been asked out himself, and forgotten all about me.
- This is all very positive for me, of course, but it is also good for the team.
- Hope you enjoy this so far, of course I am very critical so have no idea how good this actually is.
- They must have thought we were on a pleasure cruise, and of course in lots of ways we were.
Synonyms yes, certainly, definitely, absolutely, by all means, with pleasure
Not following the intended route. the car went careering off course Example sentencesExamples - An arrow that spins less will not cut through the air the same and it will drift further off course.
- Storm and winds can buffet you off course, you may be injured, tire, fall behind, drop and die.
- It was meant to be a routine flight, but the plane ended up 2000 km off course.
- Two years into the century it seems we are still a long way off course.
- A difficult course to make, with the choppy cross seas that are continuously trying to knock us off course.
- A knee injury, a doping ban and problems with his former team all combined to knock his career off course.
- That's when we veered off course and nose-dived thousands of feet.
- If we are not careful, all the words that follow people, politics, and power can take us off course.
- That way when the car goes a little off course, it could just bounce right back in and continue merrily on its way.
- I told him we not only were off course, but that we were on the wrong route.
Synonyms lost, off course, off track, off the right track, having lost one's bearings, disorientated, disoriented, confused, bewildered, at sea, all at sea wrong, mistaken, inaccurate, wide of the mark, off target, awry, amiss, astray, off course, off the right track
Following the intended route. he battled to keep the ship on course figurative we need to spend money to get the economy back on course Example sentencesExamples - Occasionally, foreign flagged ships radio asking for directions to get back on course.
- We can definitely find a modern and progressive form of governance by staying on course towards the right.
- When he rolled the racer back on course the ship flipped over on its back and dove into the ground.
- The company is in the third year, and is said to be well on course with its targets.
- I think I'm on course in my career and, as I said, this is when I thought I'd start to deliver anyway.
- The wound was slow to heal in the months that followed but within a year they were back on course.
- The real challenge is the capacity to assess where we are, where we have gone off track and to get things back on course.
- It is evident that it's going to take a while to achieve our objective, but we're on course.
- But the messy bit was quick and we were on course and on track and pasture to a back road, only one car came by.
- We were on course now, following the postage stamp sign and heading straight for the museum.
Synonyms on target, on schedule, on time
Complete its natural development without interference. his illness had to run its course Example sentencesExamples - They were an old race, many millennia having given natural selection time to run its course.
- What about brushing one's teeth, as opposed to letting natural tooth decay take its course?
- There is no specific treatment for the virus and patients are given plenty of fluids until the illness runs its course.
- But as the progressiveness of the illness takes its course, they will not be able to hide it.
- And I actually forced myself to eat, which of course, was a mistake, and nature took its course on that one.
- All this amounts to gross interference with the investigation and prevents law from taking its course.
- We have the right to say ‘enough,’ and let the natural dying process take its course.
- He has had three or four relationships since, but they simply ran their course rather than being destroyed by what happened to him.
- He believed that natural justice was taking its course and judicial fairness, according to common law, would be afforded.
- As the light faded and the storm ran its course, she was forced to turn on the lamps in the room.
Synonyms come to an end, cease to exist, fade, fade away, melt away, blow over, run its course, ebb, die out, evaporate, vanish, peter out, draw to a close, disappear, finish, end, cease, terminate
Origin Middle English: from Old French cours, from Latin cursus, from curs- ‘run’, from the verb currere. |