English Explanatory Dictionary

course

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A sequence of events.
  2. A normal or customary sequence.
  3. A programme, a chosen manner of proceeding.
  4. Any ordered process or sequence of steps.
  5. A learning programme
  6. a series of lectures or lessons in a particular subject
  7. an educational programme at a college or university leading to an academic degree or vocational qualification.
  8. A treatment plan.
  9. A stage of a meal.
  10. The succession of one to another in office or duty; order; turn.
  11. A path that something or someone moves along.
  12. The itinerary of a race.
verb
  1. To run or flow (especially of liquids and more particularly blood).
  2. To run through or over.
  3. To pursue by tracking or estimating the course taken by one's prey; to follow or chase after.
  4. To cause to chase after or pursue game.
adv
  1. Ellipsis of of course.

Pronunciation

kôs /kɔːs/ kôrs /kɔɹs/ en-us-course.ogg kōrs /koːɹs/ /koəs/ /kɜːs/ /kuːɹs/ /kʊɹs/

Word forms

course courses coursing coursed 'course

Etymology

From Middle English cours, from Old French cours, from Latin cursus (“course of a race”), from currō (“run”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ḱers- (“to run”). Doublet of cursus and cour.

Synonyms

class

Related words

nom de course

Derived words

access course aftercourse assault course back course belt course Bestuzhev course blocking course change course clerk of the course collision course confidence course conversion course core course correspondence course course authoring tool coursebook course-correct course correction course credit courseless courselike course load courseload coursemate course of action course of events coursepack course par course to steer courseware coursework course work cross-course damp course double-course e-course forecourse full-course dinner full-course meal full-course yellow golf course gut course horses for courses in due course in full course in the course of time let nature take its course main course matter of course midcourse middle course mill course minicourse mizzen course multicourse obstacle course of course off course on course ordinary course of business

Translations

Armenian: ընթացք Armenian: կուրս Armenian: դասընթաց Azerbaijani: gediş Azerbaijani: kurs Bulgarian: последователност Bulgarian: курс Bulgarian: редица Czech: průběh Czech: kurz Dutch: gang Dutch: cursus Dutch: opleiding Dutch: weg Finnish: järjestys Finnish: (tapahtumien) kulku Finnish: rata Finnish: kurssi Finnish: kulkusuunta Finnish: polku Finnish: reitti Finnish: rivi Hindi: घटनाक्रम Italian: corso Italian: percorso Latin: cursus Māori: hātepe Māori: akoranga Māori: akomanga Māori: kōhi Māori: kokenga Māori: raranga Middle English: cours Polish: ciąg Polish: bieg Polish: kurs Portuguese: curso Portuguese: disciplina Portuguese: matéria Portuguese: percurso Portuguese: fileira Spanish: transcurso Spanish: curso Spanish: decurso Spanish: materia Turkish: mecra Afrikaans: kursus Arabic: دَوْرَة Arabic: دَوْرَات Arabic: حَلَقَة دِرَاسِيَّة Belarusian: курс Catalan: curs Chinese Cantonese: 課程 /课程 Chinese Mandarin: 課程 /课程 Danish: kursus Esperanto: kurso French: cours German: Kurs German: Lehrgang Hebrew: קוּרְס Hungarian: kurzus Hungarian: tanfolyam Icelandic: námskeið Icelandic: námsbraut Indonesian: kursus Indonesian: program studi Irish: cúrsa Irish: réim Irish: slí Japanese: コース Japanese: 課程 Korean: 코스 Korean: 과정 Luxembourgish: Cours Macedonian: курс Malay: kursus Norwegian Bokmål: kurs Norwegian Nynorsk: kurs Romanian: curs Romanian: oră Russian: курс Russian: ку́рсы Russian: ряд Scots: coorse Bulgarian: гоня Bulgarian: преследвам Czech: sledovat Czech: stíhat Czech: pronásledovat Danish: jage Dutch: achtervolgen Dutch: achternazitten Galician: perseguir German: verfolgen Italian: braccare Russian: пресле́довать Spanish: perseguir
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