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'course' - used as a adverb
1. as might be expected

'course' - used as a noun
2. education imparted in a series of lessons or meetings
he took a course in basket weaving
3. a connected series of events or actions or developments
the government took a firm course
4. facility consisting of a circumscribed area of land or water laid out for a sport
the course had only nine holes
the course was less than a mile
5. a mode of action
if you persist in that course you will surely fail
once a nation is embarked on a course of action it becomes extremely difficult for any retraction to take place
6. a line or route along which something travels or moves
the course of the river
7. general line of orientation
the river takes a southern course
8. part of a meal served at one time
she prepared a three course meal
9. (construction) a layer of masonry
a course of bricks

'course' - used as a verb
10. move swiftly through or over
ships coursing the Atlantic
11. move along, of liquids
12. hunt with hounds
He often courses hares

derived forms
1. Course / Plural
courses
2. Course / Past
coursed
3. Course / Third Person
courses
4. Course / Present Participle
coursing
Variations of 'course'
 
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