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course

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01noun

education imparted in a series of lessons or meetings

“he took a course in basket weaving”

“flirting is not unknown in college classes”

02noun

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”

03noun

general line of orientation

“the river takes a southern course”

“the northeastern trend of the coast”

04noun

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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05noun

a line or route along which something travels or moves

“the hurricane demolished houses in its path”

“the track of an animal”

06noun

a body of students who are taught together

“early morning classes are always sleepy”

07noun

part of a meal served at one time

“she prepared a three course meal”

08noun

(construction) a layer of masonry

“a course of bricks”

09noun

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”

10adverb

as might be expected

“naturally, the lawyer sent us a huge bill”

11verb

move swiftly through or over

“ships coursing the Atlantic”

12verb

move along, of liquids

“Water flowed into the cave”

“the Missouri feeds into the Mississippi”

13verb

hunt with hounds

“He often courses hares”

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