English dictionary
course
adverbAudio pronunciation
Parts of speech
Definitions
adverb
- as might be expected
noun
- a mode of action
noun
- education imparted in a series of lessons or meetings
noun
- facility consisting of a circumscribed area of land or water laid out for a sport
noun
- (construction) a layer of masonry
noun
- part of a meal served at one time
noun
- a body of students who are taught together
noun
- a connected series of events or actions or developments
noun
- general line of orientation
noun
- a line or route along which something travels or moves
verb
- hunt with hounds
verb
- move along, of liquids
verb
- move swiftly through or over
Example sentences
naturally, the lawyer sent us a huge bill
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
he took a course in basket weaving
flirting is not unknown in college classes
the course had only nine holes
the course was less than a mile
a course of bricks
she prepared a three course meal
early morning classes are always sleepy
the government took a firm course
historians can only point out those lines for which evidence is available
the river takes a southern course
the northeastern trend of the coast
the hurricane demolished houses in its path
the track of an animal
the course of the river
He often courses hares
Water flowed into the cave
the Missouri feeds into the Mississippi
ships coursing the Atlantic