Course

English Meaning

The act of moving from one point to another; progress; passage.

1. Onward movement in a particular direction; progress: the course of events.
2. Movement in time; duration: in the course of a year.
3. The direction of continuing movement: took a northern course.
4. The route or path taken by something, such as a stream, that moves. See Synonyms at way.
5. Sports A designated area of land or water on which a race is held: the course of a marathon.
6. Sports A golf course.
7. A mode of action or behavior: followed the best course and invested her money.
8. A typical or natural manner of proceeding or developing; customary passage: a fad that ran its course.
9. A systematic or orderly succession; a sequence: a course of medical treatments.
10. A continuous layer of building material, such as brick or tile, on a wall or roof of a building.
11. A complete body of prescribed studies constituting a curriculum: a four-year course in engineering.
12. A unit of such a curriculum: took an introductory course in chemistry; passed her calculus course.
13. A part of a meal served as a unit at one time: The first course was a delicious soup.
14. Nautical The lowest sail on a mast of a square-rigged ship.
15. A point on the compass, especially the one toward which a vehicle, such as a ship, is moving.
16. To move swiftly through or over; traverse: ships coursing the seas.
17. To hunt (game) with hounds.
18. To set (hounds) to chase game.
19. To proceed or move swiftly along a specified course: "Big tears now coursed down her face” ( Iris Murdoch).
20. To hunt game with hounds.
21. in due course At the proper or right time.
22. of course In the natural or expected order of things; naturally.
23. of course Without any doubt; certainly.