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From Old French cours, from Latin cursus, past participle of correre to run.
Pronunciation
- kô(r)s, /kɔː(r)s/ or /koʊɹs/, /kO:(r)s/ or /koUr\s/
- (Tasmanian) /kɜːs/
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- Rhymes: -ɔː(r)s
- Homophones: coarse, (Tasmanian) curse
Noun
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Singular course |
Plural courses |
course (plural courses)
- An onward movement, progress.
- The course of events
- The itinerary of a race.
- The cross-country course passes the canal.
- A period of learning.
- I need to take a French course to pep up.
- A part of a meal.
- We offer seafood as the first course.
- (sports) The trajectory of a ball, frisbee etc.
- (navigation) The direction of movement of a vessel at any given moment.
- The ship changed its course 15 degrees towards south.
- (navigation) The intended passage of voyage, such as a boat, ship, airplane, spaceship, etc.
- A course was plotted to traverse the ocean.
- (nautical) 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.
- (masonry) A row of bricks or blocks.
- On a building that size, two crews could only lay two courses in a day.
- (roofing) A row of material that forms the roofing, waterproofing or flashing system.
- The path taken by a waterway.
- (music) A string on a lute
- (textiles) In weft knitting, a single row of loops connecting the loops of the preceding and following rows.
Verb
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Infinitive to course |
Third person singular courses |
Simple past coursed |
Past participle coursed |
Present participle coursing |
to course (third-person singular simple present courses, present participle coursing, simple past and past participle coursed)
- To run or flow (especially of liquids and more particularly blood).
- The oil coursed through the engine.
- Blood pumped around the human body courses throughout all its veins and arteries.
- To pursue by tracking or estimating the course taken by one's prey.
Translations
Flow
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Etymology
Feminine of cours.
Pronunciation
Noun
course f. (plural courses)
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