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noun
1.
a direction or route taken or to be taken.
2.
the path, route, or channel along which anything moves: the course of a stream.
3.
advance or progression in a particular direction; forward or onward movement.
4.
the continuous passage or progress through time or a succession of stages: in the course of a year; in the course of the battle.
5.
EXPANDthe track, ground, water, etc., on which a race is run, sailed, etc.: One runner fell halfway around the course.
6.
a particular manner of proceeding: a course of action.
7.
a customary manner of procedure; regular or natural order of events: as a matter of course; the course of a disease.
8.
a mode of conduct; behavior.
9.
a systematized or prescribed series: a course of lectures; a course of medical treatments.
10.
a program of instruction, as in a college or university: a course in economics.
11.
a prescribed number of instruction periods or classes in a particular field of study.
12.
a part of a meal served at one time: The main course was roast chicken with mashed potatoes and peas.
13.
Navigation.
a.
the line along the earth's surface upon or over which a vessel, an aircraft, etc., proceeds: described by its bearing with relation to true or magnetic north.
b.
a point of the compass.
14.
Nautical. the lowermost sail on a fully square-rigged mast: designated by a special name, as foresail or mainsail, or by the designation of the mast itself, as fore course or main course.
15.
Building Trades. a continuous and usually horizontal range of bricks, shingles, etc., as in a wall or roof.
16.
one of the pairs of strings on an instrument of the lute family, tuned in unison or in octaves to increase the volume.
17.
the row of stitches going across from side to side in knitting and other needlework (opposed to wale).
18.
Often, courses. the menses.
19.
a charge by knights in a tournament.
20.
a pursuit of game with dogs by sight rather than by scent.
21.
22.
COLLAPSEa race.
verb (used with object)
23.
to run through or over.
24.
to chase; pursue.
25.
to hunt (game) with dogs by sight rather than by scent.
26.
to cause (dogs) to pursue game by sight rather than by scent.
27.
Masonry. to lay (bricks, stones, etc.) in courses.
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Courses
is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
| an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle. |
verb (used without object)
Idioms28.
to follow a course; direct one's course.
29.
to run, race, or move swiftly: The blood of ancient emperors courses through his veins.
30.
to take part in a hunt with hounds, a tilting match, etc.
31.
in due course, in the proper or natural order of events; eventually: They will get their comeuppance in due course.
32.
of course,
a.
certainly; definitely: Of course I'll come to the party.
b.
in the usual or natural order of things: Extra services are charged for, of course.
Origin:
1250–1300; Middle English co(u)rs (noun) < Anglo-French co(u)rs(e), Old French cours < Latin cursus a running, course, equivalent to cur(rere) to run + -sus, variant of -tus suffix of v. action
1250–1300; Middle English co(u)rs (noun) < Anglo-French co(u)rs(e), Old French cours < Latin cursus a running, course, equivalent to cur(rere) to run + -sus, variant of -tus suffix of v. action
Related forms
mul·ti·course, noun
un·der·course, verb, -coursed, -cours·ing, noun
Synonyms
1. way, road, track, passage. 2, 13a. bearing. 6. method, mode. 7. process, career. 15. row, layer.
1. way, road, track, passage. 2, 13a. bearing. 6. method, mode. 7. process, career. 15. row, layer.
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| courses (ˈkɔːsɪz) | |
| —pl n | |
| (sometimes singular) physiol another word for menses | |
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Word Origin & History
course
late 13c., from O.Fr. cours, from L. cursus "a running race or course," from curs- pp. stem of currere "to run" (see current). Most extended senses (meals, etc.) are present in 14c. Academic meaning "planned series of study" is c.1600 (in French from 14c.). The verb is from 16c.
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Bible Dictionary
Courses definition
When David was not permitted to build the temple, he proceeded, among the last acts of his life, with the assistance of Zadok and Ahimelech, to organize the priestly and musical services to be conducted in the house of God. (1.) He divided the priests into twenty-four courses (1 Chr. 24:1-19), sixteen being of the house of Eleazar and eight of that of Ithamar. Each course was under a head or chief, and ministered for a week, the order being determined by lot. (2.) The rest of the 38,000 Levites (23:4) were divided also into twenty-four courses, each to render some allotted service in public worship: 4,000 in twenty-four courses were set apart as singers and musicians under separate leaders (25); 4,000 as porters or keepers of the doors and gates of the sanctuary (26:1-19); and 6,000 as officers and judges to see to the administration of the law in all civil and ecclesiastical matters (20-32). This arrangement was re-established by Hezekiah (2 Chr. 31:2); and afterwards the four sacerdotal courses which are said to have returned from the Captivity were re-divided into the original number of twenty-four by Ezra (6:18).
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