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course   (TTS Sound)

The noun course has 9 senses

• course, course of study, course of instruction, class -- (education imparted in a series of lessons or meetings; "he took a course in basket weaving"; "flirting is not unknown in college classes")


• course, line -- (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")


• course, trend -- (general line of orientation; "the river takes a southern course"; "the northeastern trend of the coast")


• course, course of action -- (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")


• path, track, course -- (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")


• class, form, grade, course -- (a body of students who are taught together; "early morning classes are always sleepy")


• course -- (part of a meal served at one time; "she prepared a three course meal")


• course, row -- ((construction) a layer of masonry; "a course of bricks")


• course -- (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")

The verb course has 3 senses

• course -- (move swiftly through or over; "ships coursing the Atlantic")


• run, flow, feed, course -- (move along, of liquids; "Water flowed into the cave"; "the Missouri feeds into the Mississippi")


• course -- (hunt with hounds; "He often courses hares")

The adv course has 1 sense

• naturally, of course, course -- (as might be expected; "naturally, the lawyer sent us a huge bill")