course

Noun

Noun

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A word that identifies a person, place, thing, or idea.

Plural

courses

Verb

Verb

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A word that expresses an action, state, or occurrence.

present (v1)

course

past (v2)

coursed

past participle (v3)

coursed

present participle

coursing

3rd person singular

courses

Noun

Noun

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A word that identifies a person, place, thing, or idea.

1. 1.A sequence of events.

   • I need to take a French course.
   • We offer seafood as the first course.
   • The course of true love never did run smooth.

2. 2.A path that something or someone moves along.

   • The cross-country course passes the canal.
   • A course was plotted to traverse the ocean.
   • The ship changed its course 15 degrees towards south.

3. 3.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.

4. 4.A row or file of objects.

   • On a building that size, two crews could only lay two courses in a day.

Verb

Verb

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A word that expresses an action, state, or occurrence.

1. 1.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.
   • He is a South American, so perhaps revolutionary spirit courses through Francis's veins. But what, pray, does the Catholic church want with doubt?

2. 2.To run through or over.

3. 3.To cause to chase after or pursue game.

4. 4.To pursue by tracking or estimating the course taken by one's prey; to follow or chase after.

   • We coursed him at the heels.

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Synonyms

• class