| 单词 | on course |
| 释义 | > as lemmason (also upon) course Phrases P1. a. in course. (a) According to the usual or customary process or procedure; according to the natural or expected progress of events; as a consequence. Now only in in due course: at the appropriate or usual time. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > order > order, sequence, or succession > in order, sequence, or succession [phrase] > in due order in coursec1305 in due course1876 c1300 St. Edmund Rich (Harl.) l. 225 in C. D'Evelyn & A. J. Mill S. Eng. Legendary (1956) 500 Of art he radde six ȝer..& siþþe for beo [emended in ed. to for to beo] more profound..arsmetrike radde in cours in Oxenford wel faste. c1616 R. C. Times' Whistle (1871) v. 1825 The tapster..straight leaves His other guestes, in course to take his cup. 1768 L. Sterne Sentimental Journey II. 208 Hearing there were words between us, and fearing that hostilities would ensue in course. 1793 J. Smeaton Narr. Edystone Lighthouse (ed. 2) §321 Everything now appearing to go on successfully and in course. 1876 W. Black Madcap Violet xx. 179 Mr. George Miller arrived in due course. 1883 W. Besant All in Garden Fair I. v. 101 When the boys got promotion, which came in due course. 1983 R. K. Narayan Tiger for Malgudi 45 We will teach this fellow every accomplishment in due course. 2008 D. Crystal Txtng iii. 62 The issue will become clearer in due course. ΘΚΠ the world > time > change > alternation > rotation > [adverb] aboutOE whilemeala1382 by whiles1382 in coursea1400 in turna1500 circularly1648 in rotation1771 round-by-round1933 rotationally1950 a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 27160 An er þai aght in curs to kene, Qua, quate, qui, quare, quam wit, quen, Hu oft-sith, on quatkin-wise. 1619 F. Beaumont & J. Fletcher Maides Trag. i. sig. B2v When the rest..Tell mirthfull tales in course that fils the roome With laughter. 1665 J. Webb Vindic. Stone-Heng Restored 162 He that was defied gave the first stroak, and so they struck in course. 1750 D. Dickson Let. to Rev. Mr. Kinlcoch 16 If Mr. Carmichael..acknowledge the Fact..he in Course must turn Libeller of the calumnious Brethren who informed him. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > arrangement or fact of being arranged > arrangement in (a) row(s) or line(s > in (a) row(s) or line(s [phrase] on (also in) a rew?c1225 on row?a1300 in a rowc1330 on (also upon) a rowa1350 in rowc1450 in (also on, upon) rowsa1500 in coursec1540 on a rank?1575 of a rank1581 c1540 (?a1400) Gest Historiale Destr. Troy (2002) f. 28 Of crafty colours to knaw all in course set. 1665 J. Webb Vindic. Stone-Heng Restored 12 Four stones in course one within another. (d) In a continuous or prescribed series (of readings, lessons, etc.). Now chiefly historical and with reference to prayer books. Π 1642 J. Spelman Protestants Acct. of Orthodox Holding 25 Then some portions of the Scripture should be read in course, of which, the Psalmes should ever be part. 1704 J. Williams Brief Disc. Lawfulness of Worshipping God by Common-prayer ii. 26 Of the 929 Chapters of the Old Testament, 753 are read in course, and 176 only omitted. 1865 A. B. Muzzey Blade & Ear viii. 182 Dr. Johnson..ridiculed the idea of reading any book in course. He said he never read any book through but the Bible. 1905 F. Procter & W. H. Frere New Hist. Bk. Common Prayer (new. ed.) x. 377 The whole Psalter is sung through ‘in course’ every month, instead of there being fixed Psalms appointed for several days. 1968 D. Harrison 1st & 2nd Prayer Bks. Edward VI p. vii Mattins had three lessons read in course. 1999 J. Lee Opening Prayer Bk. vi. 116 In Cranmer's first prayer book all one hundred fifty psalms were to be read in course monthly. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > absence of doubt, confidence > assured fact, certainty > making certain, assurance > of course, certainly [phrase] to iwissea1000 mid iwissea1000 in wisc1000 to wis(se)c1000 without(en (any) weenc1175 sans fail1297 thereof no strife1297 but werea1300 forouten werea1300 out of werea1300 without werea1300 without deceit1303 for certainc1320 it is to wittingc1320 withouten carec1320 without nayc1330 without noc1330 without (but out of) dread1340 no doubtc1380 without distancec1390 no fresea1400 out of doubta1400 without doubta1400 for, (in, at obs.), of, to (a) certaintyc1400 withouten stance14.. hazel woods shakea1413 of, on, in warrantisec1440 sure enough?1440 without question?1440 wythout diswerec1440 without any dispayrec1470 for (also of) a surety?a1475 in (also for) surenessa1475 of certainc1485 without any (also all) naya1500 out of question?1526 past question?1526 for sure1534 what else1540 beyond (also out of, past, without) (all) peradventure1542 to be a bidden by1549 out of (also without) all cry1565 with a witness1579 upon my word1591 no question1594 out of all suspicion1600 for a certain1608 without scruple1612 to be sure1615 that's pos1710 in course1722 beyond (all) question1817 (and) no mistake1818 no two ways about it (also that)1818 of course1823 bien entendu1844 yessiree1846 you bet you1857 make no mistake1876 acourse1883 sans doute1890 how are you?1918 you bet your bippy1968 1722 W. Wollaston Relig. of Nature ix. 173 The inclination itself..is in this case uppermost, and in course takes the commanding post. 1768 L. Sterne Sentimental Journey I. 181 If he had, I should in course have put the bow I made him into French too. 1805 Monthly Mag. 19 425 In course they are convertible words. 1839 W. M. Thackeray Catherine v, in Fraser's Mag. July 98/2 ‘Oh, in course,’ echoed the tall man. 1843 R. S. Surtees Handley Cross (1854) xv. 149 Knowin' the h'age that Jorrocks wanted a bye of, why, in course, he said I was just of that age. 1873 A. Trollope Eustace Diamonds III. lvii. 41 ‘That's what has come of the diamonds.’ ‘Benjamin, in course,’ said Bunfit. 1895 C. M. Yonge Long Vac. xxiv. 250 ‘Is she there?’ ‘In course, and Miss Francis too.’ b. (a) in (the) course of: after or during a period of time; during (a specified activity); in the process of. [Compare Anglo-Norman en cours de in the process of (end of the 13th cent. or earlier).] ΘΠ the world > time > [adverb] > during or in the course of (a certain time) asOE in the meantime of1447 wherein1535 therein1539 for long, for a or the time1564 in the course of1653 inside of1839 c1443 R. Pecock Reule of Crysten Religioun (1927) 203 (MED) Neiþer is it euydent in liȝt of resoun wheþer þou madist it al at oonys or in course of daies. 1559 W. Baldwin et al. Myrroure for Magistrates George Plantagenet f. lxxviii Through the death of those two noble peres My brother lived and raignde a quiet king, Who had they lived perchaunce in course of yeares, Would have delivered Henry from the breres. 1653 H. Cogan tr. F. M. Pinto Voy. & Adventures 1 Any crosses that may arrive unto them in the course of their lives. 1681 J. Dryden Absalom & Achitophel 17 In the course of one revolving Moon, Was Chymist, Fidler, States-Man, and Buffoon. 1790 W. Paley Horæ Paulinæ i. 8 Difficulties which presented themselves in the course of our inquiry. 1813 J. Austen Pride & Prejudice II. xii. 155 In the course of the morning. View more context for this quotation 1883 Harper's Mag. Oct. 712/2 Wherever the water overflows the lake's edge it incrusts the ground,..so that the brim is perpetually growing higher and higher..and in course of generations the lake will become a concreted basin. 1936 J. Cary Afr. Witch xvi. 250 He was surrounded by a thousand deadly enemies made in the course of this duty. 2017 K. Shamsie Home Fire iv. 103 It was only now that Eamonn understood how you could decide you wanted to marry someone in the course of an afternoon without drugs being the primary factor. (b) in (the) course of time: after a period of time; as time goes by. ΘΠ the world > time > [adverb] > during or in the course of (a certain time) asOE in the meantime of1447 wherein1535 therein1539 for long, for a or the time1564 in the course of1653 inside of1839 1566 W. Adlington tr. Apuleius .XI. Bks. Golden Asse sig. B.iv How he was in course of time, from such estate vnsold. 1635 T. Heywood Hierarchie Blessed Angells iii. 141 Aire into Fire doth passe..Aire into Water too..And yet this permutation cannot be, But in the course of Time. 1794 R. J. Sulivan View of Nature II. 165 In the course of time they shall be exposed from the dilapidations of the mountain. 1833 T. P. Thompson Idioms of Amer. in Exercises (1842) III. 470 There are many Americanisms which in the course of time will work their way into the language of England. 1875 W. S. Jevons Money (1878) 51 In the course of time..[it] may be introduced. 1941 H. L. Mencken Diary 27 July (1989) 157 The Hollins street neighborhood is slowly going downhill, and in the course of time it is bound to be a slum. 1991 A. Hourani Hist. Arab Peoples ii. vii. 114 In course of time some dynasties came to accept all four madhhabs, or schools of law, as being equally valid. 2016 N. Shahar in A. Shiloah Performance of Jewish & Arab Music in Israel i. 28 In the course of time the Arad Festival became a magnet for secondary school students. (c) in the course of things: according to normal or customary procedure, to be expected, in the natural or expected progress of events; after a period of time. Π 1685 S. Patrick Paraphr. Eccles. (viii. 7) 206 in Paraphr. Eccles. & Song of Sol. For no man can be sure that the like opportunity will return again: future things being so much in the dark, that neither he, nor any one else can inform him what shall be hereafter; or when that will come, which in the course of things may probably be expected. a1729 S. Clarke Sermons (1730) X. vii. 165 The natural Punishment therefore of a licentious and unbridled Tongue, is the Inconveniencies it is very apt to bring, in the course of things, upon the Person himself. 1793 Gentleman's Mag. Mar. 250/2 It is in the course of things..for states to shake from their foundations, when religion and law begin to fall into disrepute. 1861 T. Hughes Tom Brown at Oxf. I. i. 6 In the course of things men of other ideas came to rule. 1970 J. McPhee Crofter & Laird 6 The clansmen became tenants, and the chiefs, in the course of things, sold them out. 2015 Y. Toropov Jihadi (2016) xxii. 117 [He] ended up missing four straight days of work... He had warned each staff member privately that such an absence was possible, that this was in the course of things. c. in course of: according to the usual or natural process of; (in later use chiefly) undergoing the process of (construction, publication, etc.). ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > customs, values, and civilization > customs, values, or beliefs of a society or group > [phrase] > in accordance with custom of society, group, or law by course of1470 in course of1653 the world > action or operation > behaviour > customary or habitual mode of behaviour > in habitual or customary use [phrase] > as a habit or custom > according to the usual or natural course by course of1470 by coursec1540 of course1542 on course1619 in course of1653 par for the course1947 a1656 Bp. J. Hall Shaking of Olive-tree (1660) i. 6 Which himself should in course of Nature inherit. 1793 J. Smeaton Narr. Edystone Lighthouse (ed. 2) §320 No account being received in course of the post. 1837 H. Martineau Society in Amer. II. 186 A line is now in course of construction to the Hudson. 1866 A. Trollope Belton Estate III. i. 1 In course of post there came an answer. 1947 P. I. Smith Pract. Plastics iii. 39/1 There are, today, a number of nylon polymers in course of development. 1960 C. G. X. Henriques Laws Brit. Honduras I. xxi. 464 A company is in course of formation so soon as any act is done for the purpose of forming it. 2009 Amer. Music 27 302 His catalogue of Georges Auric's music and a four-volume edition of his writings on music are in course of publication. ΘΠ the world > action or operation > behaviour > bad behaviour > with impropriety [phrase] out of coursec1330 a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add. 27944) (1975) I. iii. xviii. 114 Þis wit..haþ ofte many greues..and somtyme it passith out of cours [L. cursum suum egreditur]. ?a1400 (a1338) R. Mannyng Chron. (Petyt) (1996) ii. l. 5141 Þe pape sauh out of cours þe wikkednes of Ion. 1548 Hall's Vnion: Henry IV f. xxixv Master Jhon Petit..wrested scripture and doctors so far out of course. 1556 N. Grimald tr. Cicero Thre Bks. Duties ii. f. 85 He spake manie thinges notablie, but this, oute of course. 1720 London Jrnl. 12 Nov. 1/1 The Resurrection of Honesty and Industry can never be hop'd for, while this Sort of Vermin is suffered to crawl about.., putting every Thing out of Course. 1763 C. Churchill Author 7 All States and Statesmen are those mighty Things Which, howsoe'er they out of course may roll, Were never made for Poets to controul. 1800 J. Bidlake Virginia i. i. 5 Exercise feels not accordant spirits, Since things are grown so out of course. P3. a. by course. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > behaviour > customary or habitual mode of behaviour > in habitual or customary use [phrase] > as a habit or custom > according to the usual or natural course by course of1470 by coursec1540 of course1542 on course1619 in course of1653 par for the course1947 c1400 (?a1300) Kyng Alisaunder (Laud) (1952) l. 4994 (MED) Euery wilde dere a-store Hij mowen by cours ernen tofore. c1540 (?a1400) Gest Historiale Destr. Troy (2002) f. 23 Moche sorowe for þe sight & sobbyng of teres..hom be course felle. 1549 H. Latimer 1st Serm. before Kynges Grace sig. Bviiv The kynges grace hath systers..whych by succession and course are inheritours to the crowne. 1600 W. Cornwallis Ess. I. i. sig. B7v So by course my lease might bee long. 1742 W. Ellis London & Country Brewer (ed. 4) I. 78 That it may..not be violently forced into a high Fermentation; for then by Course the Salt and Sulphur will be too violently agitated. 1751 A. MacDowall Inst. Laws Scotl. Civil Rights 511 Another ordinary has, by course, the charge of preparing and making up the states in concluded causes. ΘΚΠ the world > time > change > alternation > [adverb] changeablyc1384 alternately1432 interchangeably1483 handy-dandya1529 time about1537 by course1548 at (by) intervals1588 alternatively1591 reciprocally1603 by reprises1607 alternally1627 alterably1635 altern1667 alternate1715 by vicissitudes1749 alternatingly1845 1548 N. Udall et al. tr. Erasmus Paraphr. Newe Test. I. Matt. ii. f. 27 And by course questioning with them. a1586 Sir P. Sidney Arcadia (1590) i. ii. sig. B6v They tooke their iourney..Claius & Strephon by course carying his chest for him. 1622 A. Sparrow Rationale Bk. Common Prayer (1661) 38 These Psalms we sing or say by course, The Priest one verse, and the people another. 1671 H. M. tr. Erasmus Colloquies 201 As though that could not be known which knows not again by course. a1708 W. Beveridge Serm. (1729) I. 493 [To] sing to themselves or to another by course..or one after another. 1730 T. Boreman Descr. Three Hundred Animals 67 During the space of three-score Days, it lays every day an Egg; and within the like space of Time they are hatch'd into young Ones, by sitting or lying upon them by course, the Male one while and the Female another. b. by course of: according to the customary procedure or process of (the law, nature, etc.). [Compare Anglo-Norman par cours de lei legally (1310 or earlier).] ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > customs, values, and civilization > customs, values, or beliefs of a society or group > [phrase] > in accordance with custom of society, group, or law by course of1470 in course of1653 the world > action or operation > behaviour > customary or habitual mode of behaviour > in habitual or customary use [phrase] > as a habit or custom > according to the usual or natural course by course of1470 by coursec1540 of course1542 on course1619 in course of1653 par for the course1947 c1405 (c1395) G. Chaucer Wife of Bath's Tale (Hengwrt) (1872) l. 892 Dampned was this knyght for to be deed By cours of lawe. a1470 T. Malory Morte Darthur (Winch. Coll. 13) (1990) II. 805 And so by course of kynde he slepte. a1600 ( W. Stewart tr. H. Boece Bk. Cron. Scotl. (1858) II. i. 26984 Concord wes maid be cours of commoun law. a1616 W. Shakespeare Measure for Measure (1623) v. i. 35 Cut off by course of Iustice. View more context for this quotation 1658 T. Willsford Natures Secrets 198 They..yet expect a pardon by course of Law. 1761 J. Burgh Art of Speaking 40 A life, which will soon, by course of nature, be extinct. 1886 C. Collett Man. Law of Torts (ed. 6) iii. 136 If one in possession of immoveable property is dispossessed otherwise than by course of law, he may..sue to recover possession. 1980 L. Caplan in J. L. Watson Asian & Afr. Syst. Slavery vii. 173 All slaves coming into the possession of the state by course of law were ordered to be set free. P4. course and recourse: opportunity to go and return; movement back and forth; coming and going. Also figurative. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > [noun] > movement back and forth course and recourse1461 backing and filling1777 come-and-go1794 to and fro1847 toing and froing1847 va-et-vient1919 ?1461–2 Hist. MSS Comm.: Rep. Rec. City of Exeter (1916) (modernized text) 390 in Parl. Papers (Cd. 7640) XXXIII. 399 The Water of the Exe..ought to be common to the inhabitants of the said City to fish in and to have course and recourse with their boates, vessells, shyppes and marchandisez. 1539 Act 31 Hen. VIII c. 5 That the dere may haue course and recourse into the ground. 1583 R. Robinson tr. Aunc. Order Prince Arthure xxxv. sig. F2v Dispaching eke with speede By course and recourse to and fro, What so he had decreed. 1610 P. Holland tr. W. Camden Britain i. 71 In their courses and recourses [they] observe a warlike kind of motion round. 1653 T. Gataker Vindic. Annot. Jer. 10.2 169 [He] delivered the set time of the Suns course and recourse from tropik to tropik. 1694 W. Holder Treat. Harmony ix. 193 Tune..by Slowness more Grave: in Proportion to the Measure of Courses and Recourses. 1799 C. H. Wilkinson Anal. Course Lect. Princ. Nat. Philos. 163 It is requisite that the string should be in concord with the other, in order that its vibrations should have their course and recourse similar. 1941 S. Sprigge tr. B. Croce Hist. as Story of Liberty ii. ii. 82 The Italian Vico..allowed himself to be oppressed by the idea of ‘course’ and ‘recourse’ as a law of nature imposed upon history. 2004 Chicago Rev. 50 No. 2–4. 89 Miller has described Catullus's poem sequences as..a multi-layered garden of forking paths enacted and enabled by the courses and recourses traced by the multi-directional roaming of each reader's reading, memory, and consciousness. P5. of course. [Compare Anglo-Norman de cours routine (1260 or earlier).] a. As adverbial phrase: in due course; according to the usual, expected, or customary order or process; as a natural result. †of common course: ordinarily, as an everyday occurrence (obsolete).In later use often indistinguishable from sense Phrases 5c. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > behaviour > customary or habitual mode of behaviour > in habitual or customary use [phrase] > as a habit or custom > according to the usual or natural course by course of1470 by coursec1540 of course1542 on course1619 in course of1653 par for the course1947 1533 T. More Debellacyon Salem & Bizance ii. xv. f. xvv Who so euer be aferde, may desyre & haue surety for the peace, yf he fere him self of his lyfe or bodyly harme, & may aske it of course vpon his othe as soone as he is aferd. 1548 Hall's Vnion: Edward V f. ixv A pardon..which either is graunted of course, or ye kyng of pytee and compassion geueth. 1657 P. Heylyn Ecclesia Vindicata ii. 472 That not once or twice, but of common course. 1702 Clarendon's Hist. Rebellion I. iii. 207 No man presuming to intimate, that it should be granted in any other manner than of course it had been. 1736 Bp. J. Butler Analogy of Relig. ii. vi. 234 Information..is by no means always given us of Course. 1772 ‘Junius’ Stat Nominis Umbra I. Ded. p. iv To dissolve the present parliament a year or two before it expires of course. 1845 H. J. Stephen New Comm. Laws Eng. II. 391 It was at one time made a question whether giving the royal assent to a single bill did not of course put an end to the session. a1876 H. Martineau Autobiogr. (1877) (ed. 2) I. iv. 401 Let them be educated,..and all that is wanted or ought to be desired will follow of course. b. As adjectival phrase: belonging to the usual or ordinary procedure; typical of the way of the world; customary; natural, to be expected; (of a word, phrase, etc.) formulaic, conventional.Now chiefly in matter of course n. and adj. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > behaviour > customary or habitual mode of behaviour > in habitual or customary use [phrase] > as a habit or custom > belonging to the usual or natural course of course1541 1541–2 Act 33 Henry VIII c. 22 §7 in Statutes of Realm (1963) III. 861 With other clauses of course necessarie for the same. 1578 J. Lyly Euphues f. 31v The friendshippe betweene man and man as it is common so is it of course. 1642 J. March Argument Militia 19 It will be said, that the Writ..is a formed Writ, on a Writ of course..and that from this there is no varying. 1709 R. Steele Tatler No. 109. ⁋3 Their Congratulations and Condoleances are equally Words of Course. 1795 A. Hughes Jemima II. 87 You profess a wish to oblige me, said Rosina; if only words of course, I beg you will spare my ear. 1818 W. Cruise Digest Laws Eng. Real Prop. (ed. 2) II. 88 A case in which this right is supported, as a thing of course. 1849 T. B. Macaulay Speech in Misc. Writings (1889) 749 I am not using a mere phrase of course, when I say, etc. 1873 A. Trollope Eustace Diamonds I. ix. 112 ‘I should like you to call and see her either today or tomorrow.’ ‘That's of course.’ 1908 M. Annesley Wine of Life ii. xiii. 134 ‘Oh!’ she exclaimed briskly.., ‘that's of course. But people will talk, you know; one can never prevent them.’ 1988 Times 15 Feb. 33/2 It was common practice in the district registry concerned for extensions to be granted on ex parte applications more or less as of course. c. Used to qualify a clause, statement, reply, etc.: naturally, as might be expected; for obvious reasons, obviously. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > absence of doubt, confidence > assured fact, certainty > making certain, assurance > of course, certainly [phrase] to iwissea1000 mid iwissea1000 in wisc1000 to wis(se)c1000 without(en (any) weenc1175 sans fail1297 thereof no strife1297 but werea1300 forouten werea1300 out of werea1300 without werea1300 without deceit1303 for certainc1320 it is to wittingc1320 withouten carec1320 without nayc1330 without noc1330 without (but out of) dread1340 no doubtc1380 without distancec1390 no fresea1400 out of doubta1400 without doubta1400 for, (in, at obs.), of, to (a) certaintyc1400 withouten stance14.. hazel woods shakea1413 of, on, in warrantisec1440 sure enough?1440 without question?1440 wythout diswerec1440 without any dispayrec1470 for (also of) a surety?a1475 in (also for) surenessa1475 of certainc1485 without any (also all) naya1500 out of question?1526 past question?1526 for sure1534 what else1540 beyond (also out of, past, without) (all) peradventure1542 to be a bidden by1549 out of (also without) all cry1565 with a witness1579 upon my word1591 no question1594 out of all suspicion1600 for a certain1608 without scruple1612 to be sure1615 that's pos1710 in course1722 beyond (all) question1817 (and) no mistake1818 no two ways about it (also that)1818 of course1823 bien entendu1844 yessiree1846 you bet you1857 make no mistake1876 acourse1883 sans doute1890 how are you?1918 you bet your bippy1968 1790 C. Smith Let. 22 Aug. in Coll. Lett. (2003) 28 I am of course very unwilling..to send an hurried or incorrect performance abroad. 1792 W. Bligh Voy. to South Sea 254 I had an invitation..which, of course, I was obliged to decline. 1823 J. D. Hunter Mem. Captivity 39 She made some very particular inquiries about my people, which, of course, I was unable to answer. 1861 M. Pattison in Westm. Rev. Apr. 404 It would be easy, of course, to exaggerate this truth of the continuity of history into a falsehood. 1957 A. Huxley Lett. (1969) 839 It may turn out, of course, that the experts are right and that their play is better. 1999 Daily Nation (Nairobi) 19 Nov. (Your Weekender Mag.) 2/4 As we hurried back to the lodge, we spotted the hyena, the ugly wildebeest,..and of course the gazelle. 2018 U. Aduba in A. Ferrera Amer. like Me 272 I used to hate the prominent gap between my top front teeth. Of course, kids made fun of me for it. d. In exclamatory use, as an emphatic affirmative: yes, certainly; obviously. Also expressing realization or discovery. Frequently with yes, yeah, oh, ah, why, etc. Also with not as an emphatic negative.See also 'course adv.2 Π 1817 M. Edgeworth Ormond in Harrington & Ormond II. xviii. 408 ‘They are so near, I shall see them every day.’ ‘Of course,’ said Sir Ulick. 1838 C. Dickens Oliver Twist II. xxxiii. 251 ‘You will tell her I am here?’..‘Of course.’ 1891 Chambers's Jrnl. 10 Oct. 645/2 ‘He's been travelling a long while.’ ‘Yes, of course,’ assented Mr Drew. 1919 ‘C. Dane’ Legend 43 One never knew what Madala would do next, and yet when she'd done it, one said—‘Of course! Just what Madala would do!’ 1957 R. Downing All change Here (2000) xviii. 154 ‘Jonah, aren't you taking a hell of a risk?’ ‘Of course. We all are.’ 1975 L. Garfield Prisoners of Sept. ii. xv. 135 Of course! Now it dawns on him. They are with him because there is nowhere else for them to go. 1977 J. Lees-Milne Diary 14 Dec. in Through Wood & Dale (2001) 217 When I asked Peggy Ashcroft if she was ever moved to tears by her own recitations, she said, with some acerbity, ‘Of course not. Never.’ 2015 New Yorker 20 Apr. 58/3 I asked Ilasaca if he made payments to Awicha. ‘Of course,’ he said. P6. on (also upon) course. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > behaviour > customary or habitual mode of behaviour > in habitual or customary use [phrase] > as a habit or custom > according to the usual or natural course by course of1470 by coursec1540 of course1542 on course1619 in course of1653 par for the course1947 1619 E. M. Bolton tr. Florus Rom. Hist. iii. x. 300 The tide withdrawing vpon course, during the skirmish. 1626 T. Aylesbury Passion Serm. 24 Thus Pilate..is desirous that Christ might be pardoned upon course. 1677 tr. A.-N. Amelot de La Houssaie Hist. Govt. Venice 7 When that is held, the rest do cease on course, as formerly all the Courts in Rome did during their Comitia. 1711 J. Addison Spectator No. 16. ¶3 When I see the Name Cœlia..at the Bottom of a Scrawl, I conclude on course that it brings me some account of a fallen Virgin. b. With for or an infinitive: (with reference to the movement of a vessel or an aircraft) following the intended route towards a specified destination; proceeding towards a specified destination. In later use chiefly figurative or in extended use: (esp. with reference to a person's activity, etc.) making progress towards something; likely to achieve a specified goal; heading for a particular outcome or situation. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > continuing > progress, advance, or further continuance > progress [phrase] > making good progress on or upon course1981 the world > action or operation > continuing > progress, advance, or further continuance > progress [phrase] > making good progress > towards specific end on or upon course1981 ?1884 Spanish National Cables (India Rubber, Gutta Percha, & Telegr. Works Co.) II. 559 Set on easy ahead to get ship on course for buoy. 1940 Flying Mag. Aug. 68/3 On course for Phoenix, the lonely Desert Peak appeared in the middle of the desert. 1969 Parl. Deb. 5th Ser. 792 869 In our forward planning we must ensure that we are on course to reach the targets we believe to be important. 1981 Times 6 Nov. 19/5 The Government is still on course for an estimated PSBR of £10,500m. 1996 Japan Times 29 Apr. 18/6 Underdog Bradford had looked on course for one of the great upsets as it led 26–12 following Paul's second try in the 53rd minute. 2013 Daily Tel. 9 Aug. 23/1 As the Prime Minister said, bovine TB is on course to become a billion-pound problem. c. Of a vessel or an aircraft: (proceeding) in the direction set; following the intended route. In later use also figurative or in extended use: (esp. with reference to a person's activity, etc.) making progress towards something; likely to achieve a specified goal; heading for a particular outcome or situation. ΘΚΠ society > travel > aspects of travel > travel in specific course or direction > on course [phrase] on or upon course1948 1916 Internat. Ice Observ. & Patrol Service (U.S. Coast Guard) 17 Continued on course throughout the day. 1946 Aircraft Instruments (U.S. War Dept.) 148/2 When the airplane is ‘on course’, each wiper is on the middle of its pot and no signal is set up. 1964 F. Chichester Lonely Sea & Sky xii. 132 If the compass showed that the plane was on course afterwards, then the correct drift was in fact seven and a half degrees. 1981 Times 16 Nov. 11/4 On October 1..numbers were down by 52,000. In other words we were exactly on course. 1997 J. Ryan Dismantling Mr Doyle xi. 143 Over the months that followed, Eve battle with doubts about her ability to keep Mary on course. 2010 Trav. & Tourism (ed. 2) 98 Most of the time a large commercial jet is in the air, it is actually being flown on autopilot.., making adjustments to keep it on course. P7. to let nature take its course and variants: to allow things to happen, develop, or decline naturally, without intervening or influencing the outcome. Π 1662 G. Torriano 2nd Alphabet Proverbial Phrases 2/1 Lasciar andar l'acqua alla china, ô alla valle, to let water go down wards, or into the valley, viz. to let nature take its course. 1724 J. Trenchard & T. Gordon Cato's Lett. III. 124 She [sc. Queen Elizabeth I]..by encouraging Trade, and leittng [sic] Nature take its Course, still encreas'd the Peoples Wealth and Power. 1843 Mother's Med. Adviser (new ed.) 35 No time should be lost in lancing the gums immediately that any urgent symptoms arise,..otherwise it is best to let Nature take its course. 1897 M. Kingsley Trav. W. Afr. 653 They'll let nature take its course if they don't feel keen on a man surviving. 1971 Revenue Act 1971: Hearings before U.S. Senate Finance Comm. (92nd Congr., 1st Sess.) i. 64 What I object to..about the program is that it proceeds upon the theory..that it is perfectly alright to let nature take its course where the money lenders are concerned, but where everybody else is concerned it is not alright to let nature take its course, we are going to freeze their wages, freeze their price. 1998 Univ. Oxf. Bot. Garden News Autumn 3/1 The park is burnt in blocks since this enables the ecologists to control the fire rather than allowing nature to take its course when there is a risk that the fires may get out of control. 2004 Nat. Health Nov. 89/2 Taking antidiarrhoeal products may interfere with your body's ability to fight the infection, so let nature take its course, unless your doctor recommends otherwise. P8. course to steer: the direction towards which a ship or aircraft is to be steered (cf. sense A. 13a(a)); (now) spec. that which will achieve the intended course of travel having taken into account the effects of tide, wind, etc.; cf. compass course n.In early use probably not as a fixed collocation. Π 1811 J. Horsburgh Direct. Sailing E. Indies II. 285 The course is S.W. to Pulo Sapata, but from having soundings on that bank, or being in its latitude, the best course to steer is S.W.½S. until in the parallel of Pulo Sapata; and if then it is not seen, steer S.W. by W. 1932 Motor Boating May 84/1 This table..does not give the pilot a ready table of deviations to apply to magnetic courses to determine the courses to steer. 1961 Radarman 3 & 2 (U.S. Bureau Naval Personnel) I. xii. 184/1 The friendly planes can make the interception at about 30..miles away. This can be done only if the air controller gives the friendly planes the correct course to steer. 2002 L. Misner No More Mondays iii. 122 With our typical 6-knot speed forward combined with the 2-knot stream current, Tom calculated we would be pushed northward by 30 miles. To compensate, he set our course to steer southward 20 degrees off line. P9. the course of true love never did run smooth: see true love n. Phrases 1. < as lemmas |
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