coursenoun
uk/kɔːs/us/kɔːrs/course noun (CLASSES)
A1 [ C ] a set of classes or a plan of study on a particular subject, usually leading to an exam or qualification:
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- I did a course in creative writing.
- Julie has signed up for courses on English and French this year.
- There are still some vacancies for students in science and engineering courses.
- The course comprises a class book, a practice book and an audio tape.
- She's been offered a place on the nursing course.
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Classes & courses
- access course
- advanced
- classwork
- correspondence course
- coursework
- foundation course
- homework
- interdisciplinary
- introduction
- introductory course
- lecture
- module
- practical
- prep
- reception
- refresher
- role play
- sandwich course
- schoolwork
- seminar
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course noun (SPORTS AREA)
B1 [ C ] an area of land or water used for a sports event:
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- He spends every weekend out on the golf course.
- We walked the course the horses would have to run later.
- The race was cancelled because the course was waterlogged.
- He ran the course in less than an hour.
- Flags mark the course the cyclists will be taking.
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Surfaces on which sports take place
- 18-yard box
- AstroTurf
- bench
- D, d
- dry slope
- far post
- field
- goalmouth
- goalpost
- golf course
- groundsman
- penalty area
- penalty spot
- pitch
- recreation center
- stretch
- touch
- touchline
- track
- unplayable
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course noun (DEVELOPMENT)
C1 [ S ] the often gradual development of something, or the way something happens, or a way of doing something:
after a period of time:
UK gradually:
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- Once we have committed to this course of action there is no going back.
- We came up against a lot of problems in the course of building our extension.
- In the course of history, love has driven men and women to strange extremes.
- I was grateful for his letter which hastened the course of the enquiry.
- He has been accused of obstructing the course of justice .
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Ways of achieving things
- a means to an end idiom
- actively
- another
- approach
- avenue
- basis
- fair
- jump
- mean
- medium
- mixed media
- modality
- modus operandi
- one way or another idiom
- one-handed
- resort
- vein
- what's the drill for sth? idiom
- whereby
- workings
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course noun (DIRECTION)
C1 [ C usually singular, U ] the direction in which a vehicle, especially an aircraft, spacecraft, or ship, moves, or the path along which a river flows:
likely to happen, or likely to succeed as planned:
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- All attempts at diplomacy have broken down and the two states now appear to be on a collision course.
- He drove in an erratic course down the road.
- Some of the frontier between Germany and Poland follows the course of the river Oder
- The ship held its course.
- Most parents try to steer a middle course between imposing very strict discipline and letting their kids run wild.
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Making progress and advancing
- a step forward idiom
- advance
- advancement
- ahead
- be cooking idiom
- betterment
- go great guns idiom
- graduate
- grow
- grow into sb/sth
- grow out of sth
- have come a long way idiom
- pan
- rise
- shape
- simmer
- speciation
- spread your wings idiom
- steer a course/path idiom
- step
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course noun (MEAL)
A2 [ C ] a part of a meal that is served separately from the other parts:
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- If you make the main course, I'll make a dessert.
- I've only eaten one course and I'm already full.
- By the time the fourth course was served, I was stuffed to the gills.
- The average cost of a full three-course meal - appetizer, main course and dessert - including tip and a modest wine is about $25.
- I had salmon for my main course.
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Meals & parts of meals
- accompaniment
- afternoon tea
- afters
- amuse-bouche
- antipasto
- dinner
- dinner party
- dinner time
- elevenses
- English breakfast
- packed lunch
- picnic
- plate meal
- ploughman's lunch
- postprandial
- tea party
- teatime
- tiffin
- TV dinner
- working lunch/breakfast
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course noun (MEDICAL TREATMENT)
[ C ] a fixed number of regular medical treatments:
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Medicine in different forms
- anesthetic
- bolus
- counter
- dose
- drug
- hormone replacement therapy
- injection
- medicate
- medicinal
- meds
- ointment
- pharma
- placebo
- preparation
- radiotherapy
- restorative
- Rx
- tonic
- topical
- vial
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course noun (LAYER)
[ C ] specialized architecture a continuous horizontal layer of bricks or other building material
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Building materials
- adobe
- airbrick
- asbestos
- asphalt
- bitumen
- boarding
- flagstone
- flitch
- floorboard
- flooring
- hard core
- lacquer
- limestone
- putty
- razor wire
- reinforced concrete
- roofing
- rubble
- shingle
- weatherboarding
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Idiom(s)
courseverb [ I usually + adv/prep ]
uk/kɔːs/us/kɔːrs/formalto flow quickly or in large amounts: