Search results for 'course':

course noun 1 the path in which anyone or anything moves. 2 a direction taken or planned • go off course. 3 the channel of a river, etc. 4 the normal progress of something. 5 the passage of a period of time • in the course of the next year. 6 a line of action • Your best course is to wait. 7 a a series of lessons, etc; a curriculum; b the work covered in such a series. 8 a prescribed treatment, eg medicine to be taken, over a period. 9 any of the successive parts of a meal. 10 often in compounds the ground over which a game is played or a race run • golf course • obstacle course. 11 building a single row of bricks or stones in a wall, etc. verb (coursed, coursing) 1 intrans to move or flow. 2 to hunt (hares, etc) using dogs. coursing noun the hunting of hares using dogs. in the course of something while doing it; during it. in the course of time eventually. in due course at the appropriate or expected time. a matter of course a natural or expected action or result. of course 1 as expected. 2 naturally; certainly; without doubt • Am I coming to the cinema tonight? Of course! 3 admittedly • I was annoyed that she hadn't finished the job although, of course, it was only her first day. stay the course to endure to the end.
ETYMOLOGY: 13c: from French cours, from Latin currere to run.