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course

Pronunciation: /kɔːs/

The English word “course” has 20 meanings listed here.

noun

  1. A sequence of events.
  2. A normal or customary sequence.
  3. A programme, a chosen manner of proceeding.
  4. Any ordered process or sequence of steps.
  5. A learning programme
  6. a series of lectures or lessons in a particular subject
  7. an educational programme at a college or university leading to an academic degree or vocational qualification.
  8. A treatment plan.
  9. A stage of a meal.
  10. The succession of one to another in office or duty; order; turn.
  11. A path that something or someone moves along.
  12. The itinerary of a race.
  13. A racecourse.
  14. The path taken by a flow of water; a watercourse.
  15. The trajectory of a ball, frisbee etc.
  16. A golf course.
  17. The direction of movement of a vessel at any given moment.
  18. The intended passage of voyage, such as a boat, ship, airplane, spaceship, etc.
  19. The drive usually frequented by Europeans at an Indian station.
  20. The lowest square sail in a fully rigged mast, often named according to the mast.

Etymology

From Middle English cours, from Old French cours, from Latin cursus (“course of a race”), from currō (“run”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ḱers- (“to run”). Doublet of cursus and cour.

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