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course
I. \ˈkō(ə)rs, -ȯ(ə)rs, -ōəs, -ȯ(ə)s\ noun
(-s)
Etymology: Middle English cours, course, from Old French cors, cours, corse, course, from Latin cursus, from cursus, past past. of Latin currere to run
1.
a. : the act or action of moving in a particular path from point to point
< the planets in their courses >
b. obsolete : run, gallop
c. archaic : a charge by opposing knights : onset : passage at arms : bout
d. : a life regarded as a race : life history : career
< ending his course with fame and wealth >
e. : the pursuit of game by hounds — usually used with of or at
< the course at the deer >
f. : race
< a prize for winning the course >
g. : a progressing or proceeding along a straight line without change of direction
< the ship made many courses sailing through the islands >
2. : the path over which something moves or the way which something extends : the line or way described by some motion, progression, or series : the direction taken or the ground traversed : track, way
< the course of an ocean current >
< the course of a mountain range >
< his course was straight east >
as
a. : racecourse
b.
(1) : the track or way taken by a ship or the direction of flight of an airplane : the way projected and assigned usually measured as a clockwise angle from north — see compass course, magnetic course, true course
(2) : a point of the compass
c. obsolete : a fashionable place or way for riding or driving
d. : a channel through which water flows : watercourse
e. : golf course
f. : horizontal direction of a geological structure : strike
3.
a. : accustomed procedure : customary action : usual method of proceeding
< the law taking its course >
< to die according to the course of nature >
b. : policy chosen : manner of conducting oneself : conduct especially when reprehensible : way of acting : behavior
< persisting in his evil courses >
< our wisest course is to retreat >
c. : progress or progression through a series (as of acts or events) or through a development or a period
< watching man's hesitant course through … this time of trouble — Herrymon Maurer >
< a highway in course of construction >
< in the course of his service he rose to the rank of colonel >
4. : an ordered continuing process, succession, sequence, or series
< following the course of the argument >
< the course of history >
< the course of the hearings >
as
a. : the series of prayers used in the daily canonical hours
b. courses plural : menstruation
c.
(1) : an educational unit usually at the high school, college, or university level consisting of a series of instruction periods (as lectures, recitations, and laboratory sessions) dealing with a particular subject
< an English course >
< a course in trigonometry >
(2) : a series of such courses coordinated to constitute a curriculum and leading typically to a degree
< a premedical course >
< a commercial course >
d. : a series of doses or medicaments usually administered over a designated period of time
< a course of three doses daily for five days >
e. : the series of changes or the shifting path through a series of changes that a single bell makes in change ringing
f. : a sequence of different crops in crop rotation
g. : a series of rounds fired at a target or at a series of targets under specified conditions
5. : a single member of a sequence : one item in a series: as
a. : a division of a meal : the part of a meal served at one time with its accompaniments
< a seven-course meal >
< the main course was roast beef >
b. : row, layer: as
(1) : a horizontal layer forming one of a series (as of concrete in road making, of lumber in a lumber pile, or of shingles on a roof)
(2) : a continuous level range of brick or masonry throughout a wall
(3) : a lode of ore
(4) : a horizontal row of loops or stitches in knitted fabrics formed by one passage of the yarn or thread — compare wale
(5) : a strake of plating on a ship's hull
c.
(1) : the lowest sail on any square-rigged mast of a ship
< the fore course >
(2) : a length especially of a rope or cable
d. obsolete : a time or occasion coming to each individual : turn
e. : a set of persons appointed to hold some office or perform some duty
< the course of priests then performing the rites >
f. archaic : each one of several attacks in series
g. : a set of things made or used together
< a course of candles >
h. : a single string or two or more strings (as of a lute) tuned in unison or octaves and played together for increased volume
6. : faculty or opportunity of moving, flowing, or circulating
< that the word of the Lord may have free course — 2 Thess 3:1 (Authorized Version) >
Synonyms: see way
•
- as of course
- in course
- in due course
- in full course
- in short course
- of course
II. verb
(-ed/-ing/-s)
Etymology: Middle English coursen, from cours, course, n. — more at course I
transitive verb
1.
a. : to hunt or pursue (game) with hounds
< coursing the stag >
b. : to chase (game) with dogs by sight rather than scent
< course a hare >
c. : to cause (dogs) to chase after game
2. : to follow close upon : pursue, run, chase
< we coursed him at the heels — Shakespeare >
3. obsolete : to drive with blows : bludgeon, trounce
4.
a. : to run or move swiftly through or over : take one's course through : traverse
< jets coursed the area daily >
b. : to cause (dogs) to run in a race : race
5.
a. : to follow the course of (a stream)
< coursing the river >
b. : to trace (a bee) by observing flight direction
< coursing the bee to its hive >
6. : to lay or form in courses
< course bricks >
< coursing the lumber >
7. : to divert and direct (an air current) along a certain route through a mine
intransitive verb
1.
a. : to run or gallop especially in a tournament or race or in hunting
b. : to take a course : pursue a certain course
< coursing along the coast >
c. : to run or drive rapidly and steadily often over a set course or through a certain channel
< two Zuni runners … coursed over the sand with the fleetness of young antelope — Willa Cather >
d. : to traverse or flow strongly or rapidly especially on or as if on a certain path : pulsate, surge
< blood coursing through his veins >
< sap coursing through the young trees >
2. of a bell : to move in change ringing steadily up or down in the striking order through a series of changes
< the biggest bell coursing >
Synonyms: see run
III.
obsolete
variant of coarse |