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Course

noun

1.

Education imparted in a series of lessons or meetings. Synonyms: class, course of instruction, course of study. "Flirting is not unknown in college classes"

2.

A connected series of events or actions or developments. Synonym: line. "Historians can only point out those lines for which evidence is available"

3.

General line of orientation. Synonym: trend. "The northeastern trend of the coast"

4.

A mode of action. Synonym: course of action. "Once a nation is embarked on a course of action it becomes extremely difficult for any retraction to take place"

5.

A line or route along which something travels or moves. Synonyms: path, track. "The track of an animal" , "The course of the river"

6.

A body of students who are taught together. Synonyms: class, form, grade.

7.

Part of a meal served at one time.

8.

(construction) a layer of masonry. Synonym: row.

9.

Facility consisting of a circumscribed area of land or water laid out for a sport. "The course was less than a mile"

adverb

1.

As might be expected. Synonyms: naturally, of course.

verb

(past & past part. coursed; pres. part. coursing)

1.

Move swiftly through or over.

2.

Move along, of liquids. Synonyms: feed, flow, run. "The Missouri feeds into the Mississippi"

3.

Hunt with hounds.

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