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‖ au courant|o kurɑ̃|
[Fr.]
Acquainted with what is going on; aware of current developments: usu. const. with or of.
1762Gibbon Jrnl. 13 Oct. (1929) 162 Having neglected my Journal from the 14th of September, I was forced to bestow some days to put myself au courant. 1830J. S. Mill Let. 20 Aug. in Wks. (1963) XII. 59 They are quite eager to place me au courant of all their proceedings. 1885Law Q. Rev. Apr. 138 To keep themselves fairly au courant with what was being decided in the various Courts. 1928Daily Tel. 23 Oct. 11/3 It would have been wiser if the United States had been kept au courant of the negotiations from the very outset. 1962Listener 8 Mar. 427/2 He also believed that Chambers ‘has a set of spies here in Rome’—to be au courant what Robert is doing. |