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course¹

  • /kɔːs/ UK
  • /kɔɹs/ US
  • /koːɹs/
  • /koəs/
  • /kɜːs/ Tasmania
  • /kuːɹs/ obsolete
  • /kʊɹs/ obsolete

Sounds like coarse, curse (Tasmania) · Rhymes with -ɔː(ɹ)s, -ɜː(ɹ)s (Tasmania)

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Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *ḱers-

Proto-Indo-European *-éti

Proto-Indo-European *ḱr̥séti

Proto-Italic *korzō

Latin currō

Proto-Indo-European *-tus

Proto-Italic *-tus

Latin -sus

Latin cursus

Old French coursbor.

Middle English cours

English course

From Middle English cours, from Old French cours, from Latin cursus (“course of a race”), from currō (“run”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ḱers- (“to run”). Doublet of cursus and cour.

noun courses

  1. A sequence of events. The normal course of events seems to be just one damned thing after another.
  2. A normal or customary sequence. The course of true love never did run smooth.
  3. A programme, a chosen manner of proceeding. Doubts arose about the expediency of such a course in the present crisis.
  4. Any ordered process or sequence of steps. There is but one course for me to follow: I'LL MOIDER THE BUM!
  5. A learning programme Her course will be ‘Communication Studies with Theatre Studies’: God, how tedious, how pointless.
  6. a series of lectures or lessons in a particular subject I need to take a French course.
  7. Ireland, Philippines, UK an educational programme at a college or university leading to an academic degree or vocational qualification. What's your course in university? —Business studies. And you?
  8. especially A treatment plan. Miss Clark, alarmed at her increasing stoutness, was doing a course of what is popularly known as banting.
  9. A stage of a meal. We offer seafood as the first course.
  10. The succession of one to another in office or duty; order; turn. He appointed […] the courses of the priests.
  11. A path that something or someone moves along. His illness ran its course.
  12. The itinerary of a race. The cross-country course passes the canal.
  13. A racecourse.
  14. The path taken by a flow of water; a watercourse.
  15. The trajectory of a ball, frisbee etc.
  16. A golf course.
  17. The direction of movement of a vessel at any given moment. The ship changed its course 15 degrees towards south.
  18. The intended passage of voyage, such as a boat, ship, airplane, spaceship, etc. A course was plotted to traverse the ocean.
  19. India, historical The drive usually frequented by Europeans at an Indian station. It was curious to Oakfield to be back on the Ferozepore course, after a six months' interval, which seemed like years. How much had happened in these six months!
  20. The lowest square sail in a fully rigged mast, often named according to the mast. Main course and mainsail are the same thing in a sailing ship.
  21. euphemistic, in plural, obsolete Menses. The bleeding body signifies as a shameful token of uncontrol, as a failure of physical self-mastery particularly associated with woman in her monthly "courses".
  22. A row of bricks or blocks. On a building that size, two crews could only lay two courses in a day.
  23. A row of material that forms the roofing, waterproofing or flashing system.
  24. In weft knitting, a single row of loops connecting the loops of the preceding and following rows.
  25. One or more strings on some musical instruments (such as the guitar, lute or vihuela): if multiple, then closely spaced, tuned in unison or octaves and intended to be played together.

verb courses · coursing · coursed

  1. To run or flow (especially of liquids and more particularly blood). The oil coursed through the engine.
  2. transitive To run through or over.
  3. transitive To pursue by tracking or estimating the course taken by one's prey; to follow or chase after. We coursed him at the heels.
  4. transitive To cause to chase after or pursue game. to course greyhounds after deer

course²

  • /kɔːs/ UK
  • /kɔɹs/ US
  • /koːɹs/
  • /koəs/
  • /kɜːs/ Tasmania
  • /kuːɹs/ obsolete
  • /kʊɹs/ obsolete

Sounds like coarse, curse (Tasmania) · Rhymes with -ɔː(ɹ)s, -ɜː(ɹ)s (Tasmania)

adverb 'course

  1. abbreviation, colloquial, ellipsis, not comparable Ellipsis of of course.course "Course it's mighty hard to tell till we've put out a few traps," said the former, "but it looks to me like we've struck it lucky."

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