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      course
      noun
      A sequence of events.
      A normal or customary sequence.
      A programme, a chosen manner of proceeding.
      Any ordered process or sequence of steps.
      (education) A learning programme
      a series of lectures or lessons in a particular subject
      (UK, Ireland, Philippines) an educational programme at a college or university leading to an academic degree or vocational qualification.
      (especially in medicine) A treatment plan.
      (cooking) A stage of a meal.
      The succession of one to another in office or duty; order; turn.
      A path that something or someone moves along.
      The itinerary of a race.
      A racecourse.
      The path taken by a flow of water; a watercourse.
      (sports) The trajectory of a ball, frisbee etc.
      (golf) A golf course.
      (nautical) The direction of movement of a vessel at any given moment.
      (navigation) The intended passage of voyage, such as a boat, ship, airplane, spaceship, etc.
      (nautical) The lowest square sail in a fully rigged mast, often named according to the mast.
      A row or file of objects.
      (masonry) A row of bricks or blocks.
      (roofing) A row of material that forms the roofing, waterproofing or flashing system.
      (textiles) In weft knitting, a single row of loops connecting the loops of the preceding and following rows.
      (music) 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.
      (India, historical) The drive usually frequented by Europeans at an Indian station.
      (in the plural, courses, obsolete, euphemistic) Menses.
      verb
      To run or flow (especially of liquids and more particularly blood).
      (transitive) To run through or over.
      (transitive) To pursue by tracking or estimating the course taken by one's prey; to follow or chase after.
      (transitive) To cause to chase after or pursue game.
      adverb
      (colloquial) Ellipsis of of course.
      Roots
      currocours- · Latin · run
      Synonyms for course
      pathnclassntrackncurriculumnnaturallyadvtrajectorynrouten
      Words related to course
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