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course /körs or kōrs/ noun- The path in which anyone or anything moves
- The ground over which a race is run, golf is played, etc
- A channel for water
- The direction pursued
- A voyage
- A race
- Regular progress from point to point
- A habitual method of procedure
- A prescribed series, sequence, process or treatment, eg of lectures, training, education, pills, etc
- Each of the successive divisions of a meal, ie soup, fish, etc
- A range of bricks or stones on the same level in building
- (in the lute, etc) one of two or more strings tuned in unison or in octaves (music)
- The series of positions of a bell in the changing order in which a set of bells is struck (bellringing)
- One of the sails bent to a ship's lower yards (main course mainsail, fore course foresail, and mizzen course crossjack; nautical)
- (in pl) the menses
transitive verb- To run, chase or hunt after
- To use in coursing
intransitive verb- To run
- To move with speed, as in a race or hunt
ORIGIN: Fr cours, from L cursus, from currere, cursum to run coursˈer noun - A runner
- A swift horse
- A person who courses or hunts
- A swift running bird (genus Cursorius)
coursˈing noun Hunting of esp hares with greyhounds or lurchers, by sight rather than by scent courseˈbook noun A textbook intended for a particular course of study course'ware noun Computing software designed to be used in educational courses courseˈwork noun Work that goes to make up an educational course coursˈing-joint noun A joint between two courses of masonry in course - In regular order
- Of course (archaic)
in due course - Eventually
- At a suitable later time
in the course of - During
- In the process of
- Undergoing (something)
in the course of time - Eventually
- With the passing of time
of course - By natural consequence
- Indisputably
- It must be remembered (often used to introduce a comment on a preceding statement)
off course - Deviating from the correct route
- Astray
on course - Following the correct route
- On schedule
run (or take) its (or their) course To proceed or develop freely and naturally, usu to a point of completion or cessation stay the course see under stay1 the course of nature, or the normal, etc course of events The usual way in which things happen or proceed due1 /dooˈ or dū/ adjective- Owed
- That ought to be paid or done to another
- Proper
- Appointed, under engagement (to be ready, arrive, etc)
adverb Exactly, directly noun- Something that is owed
- What one has a right to or has earned
- Fee, toll, charge or tribute
- (in pl) subscription to a club or society
ORIGIN: OFr deü, pap of devoir, from L debēre to owe dueˈful or dewfull adjective (Spenser) Proper, fit duly adverb see separate entry due date noun - The date by which a payment must be paid
- The date on which a payment falls due
- The approximate date on which a pregnant woman is expected to give birth
due diligence The steps expected to be taken by a prudent person before doing something due process (of law) (subjection to) fair and established legal proceedings due to - Caused by
- Owing to, because of (a use still deprecated by some, but now almost standard)
- (of horses) pregnant by
give someone his (or her) due To be fair to someone give the devil his due To acknowledge some commendable quality, etc in someone otherwise disapproved of in due course In the ordinary way when the time comes pay one's dues (informal) To work hard and suffer hardship before achieving success |