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course en · NOUN · etymology 1

Pronunciation

(General-American) audio
/kuːɹs/ (obsolete)
/kʊɹs/ (obsolete)
/koːɹs/ rhotic
(General-American)
/kɔɹs/ (General-American)
/koəs/ non-rhotic
kōrs rhotic
kôs (Received-Pronunciation)
/kɜːs/ (Tasmania)
kôrs (General-American)
/kɔːs/ (Received-Pronunciation)

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱers- Proto-Indo-European *-éti Proto-Indo-European *ḱr̥séti Proto-Italic *korzō Latin currō Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Italic *-tus Latin -sus Latin cursus Old French coursbor. Middle English cours English course 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.

Meanings

A sequence of events.
- Tilehurst would in the ordinary course have caught him up and they would have progressed companionably wheel by wheel for as far as their way lay together, discussing the simpler aspects of Tapsfield existence. 1934, Ernest Bramah, The Bravo of London:
- The normal course of events seems to be just one damned thing after another.
A sequence of events. ▸ A normal or customary sequence.
- The course of true love never did run smooth. c. 1595–1596 (date written), William Shakespeare, “A Midsommer Nights Dreame”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies: Published According to the True Originall Copies (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene i]:
- Day and night, / Seedtime and harvest, heat and hoary frost, / Shall hold their course. 1667, John Milton, “Book X”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […]; [a]nd by Robert Boulter […]; [a]nd Matthias Walker, […], →OCLC; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […], 1873, →OCLC:
A sequence of events. ▸ A programme, a chosen manner of proceeding.
- Doubts arose about the expediency of such a course in the present crisis.
A sequence of events. ▸ Any ordered process or sequence of steps.
- There is but one course for me to follow: I'LL MOIDER THE BUM! 1958 September 6, Weasel While You Work, spoken by the Barnyard Dawg:
A sequence of events. ▸ A learning programme
- Her course will be ‘Communication Studies with Theatre Studies’: God, how tedious, how pointless. 1992 August 21, Edwina Currie, Diary:
- Since the launch early last year of […] two Silicon Valley start-ups offering free education through MOOCs, massive open online courses, the ivory towers of academia have been shaken to their foundations. University brands built in some cases over centuries have been forced to contemplate the possibility that information technology will rapidly make their existing business model obsolete. 2013 July 20, “The attack of the MOOCs”, in The Economist, volume 408, number 8845:
A sequence of events. ▸ A learning programme ▸ a series of lectures or lessons in a particular subject
- I need to take a French course.
(Ireland, Philippines, UK) A sequence of events. ▸ A learning programme ▸ an educational programme at a college or university leading to an academic degree or vocational qualification.
- During the whole time of his abode in the university he generally spent thirteen hours of the day in study; by which assiduity besides an exact dispatch of the whole course of philosophy, he read over in a manner all classic authors that are extant[…] 1661, John Fell, The Life of the most learned, reverend and pious Dr. H. Hammond:
- What's your course in university? —Business studies. And you?
(especially, in medicine) A sequence of events. ▸ A treatment plan.
- Miss Clark, alarmed at her increasing stoutness, was doing a course of what is popularly known as banting. 1932, Agatha Christie, The Thirteen Problems:
A sequence of events. ▸ A stage of a meal.
- We offer seafood as the first course.
A sequence of events. ▸ The succession of one to another in office or duty; order; turn.
- He appointed […] the courses of the priests. 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, 2 Chronicles 8:14:
A path that something or someone moves along.
- His illness ran its course.
A path that something or someone moves along. ▸ The itinerary of a race.
- The cross-country course passes the canal.
A path that something or someone moves along. ▸ A racecourse.
A path that something or someone moves along. ▸ The path taken by a flow of water; a watercourse.
A path that something or someone moves along. ▸ The trajectory of a ball, frisbee etc.
A path that something or someone moves along. ▸ A golf course.
A path that something or someone moves along. ▸ The direction of movement of a vessel at any given moment.
- The ship changed its course 15 degrees towards south.
(qualifier:navigation) A path that something or someone moves along. ▸ The intended passage of voyage, such as a boat, ship, airplane, spaceship, etc.
- A course was plotted to traverse the ocean.
(India, historical) A path that something or someone moves along. ▸ The drive usually frequented by Europeans at an Indian station.
- It was curious to Oakfield to be back on the Ferozepore course, after a six months' interval, which seemed like years. How much had happened in these six months! 1853, William Delafield Arnold, Oakfield; or, Fellowship in the East, section II, page 124:
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.
(euphemistic, in-plural, obsolete, qualifier:courses) Menses.
- The bleeding body signifies as a shameful token of uncontrol, as a failure of physical self-mastery particularly associated with woman in her monthly "courses". 2018, Gail Kern Paster, The Body Embarrassed, Cornell University, page 92:
A row or file of objects. ▸ A row of bricks or blocks.
- On a building that size, two crews could only lay two courses in a day.
A row or file of objects. ▸ A row of material that forms the roofing, waterproofing or flashing system.
A row or file of objects. ▸ In weft knitting, a single row of loops connecting the loops of the preceding and following rows.
One or more strings on some musical instruments (such as the guitar, lute or vihuela): if multiple, then closely spaced, tuned in unison or octaves and intended to be played together.

Forms

Spelling	Features	Labels	Source
courses	Number=Plur		lexicographic

Translations (320)

es curso (nautical: direction of movement of a vessel) · cs postup (programme, chosen manner of proceeding) · fr trajectoire (sports: trajectory of a ball etc.) · ko 코스 (education: learning program) · th ค้อร์ส (education: learning program) · ko 코스 (cooking: stage of a meal) · de Strecke (itinerary of a race) · mi rerenga (sports: trajectory of a ball etc.) · hu útirány (itinerary of a race) · it traiettoria (sports: trajectory of a ball etc.) · el ρότα (nautical: direction of movement of a vessel) · ru курс (education: learning program) · pt fileira (masonry: row of bricks) · fi kerros (textiles: in weft knitting, a single row of loops) · mk курс (education: learning program) · tg дарс (education: learning program) · th คอร์ส (education: learning program) · cy cwrs (education: learning program) · uk курс (itinerary of a race) · da undersejl (lowest square sail in a fully rigged mast — see also mainsail) · fi reitti (path that something or someone moves along) · mi hātepe (normal or customary sequence) · ga slí (path that something or someone moves along) · ar مَسار (sports: trajectory of a ball etc.) · sh ко̀ле̄гиј (education: learning program) · uk стра́ва (cooking: stage of a meal) · mi raranga (nautical: direction of movement of a vessel) · he קוּרְס (education: learning program) · be стра́ва (cooking: stage of a meal) · pl danie (cooking: stage of a meal) · cs postup (ordered process or sequence or steps) · bg курс (medicine: treatment plan) · el μάθημα (education: learning program) · sco coorse (education: learning program) · ca curs (education: learning program) · ckb جەم (cooking: stage of a meal) · cmn 軌道 /轨道 (itinerary of a race) · ja コース (intended passage of voyage) · fi hoitosuunnitelma (medicine: treatment plan) · ru курс (itinerary of a race) · es ruta (itinerary of a race) · pt percurso (itinerary of a race) · he אֹרַח (nautical: direction of movement of a vessel) · hu kurzus (education: learning program) · cmn 課程 /课程 (education: learning program) · mi raranga (path that something or someone moves along) · la cursus (normal or customary sequence) · izh rata (path that something or someone moves along) · cs kurz (nautical: direction of movement of a vessel) · da kurs (nautical: direction of movement of a vessel) · nb rute (itinerary of a race) · fi (tapahtumien) kulku (sequence of events) · ca itinerari (itinerary of a race) · he קוּרְס (nautical: direction of movement of a vessel) · fi reitti (intended passage of voyage) · ru курс (nautical: direction of movement of a vessel) · fi reitti (itinerary of a race) · es derrotero (nautical: direction of movement of a vessel) · ja 航路 (nautical: direction of movement of a vessel) · it rotta (intended passage of voyage) · cs průběh (sequence of events) · ru курс (intended passage of voyage) · izh kurssi (nautical: direction of movement of a vessel) · fa-ira راه (itinerary of a race) · fi lentorata (sports: trajectory of a ball etc.) · hu röppálya (sports: trajectory of a ball etc.) · cs kurz (education: learning program) · tg масир (itinerary of a race) · la cursus (ordered process or sequence or steps) · nb kurs (education: learning program) · es curso (sequence of events) · uk курс (nautical: direction of movement of a vessel) · ca plat (cooking: stage of a meal) · hy դասընթաց (education: learning program) · nn kurs (intended passage of voyage) · nl kuur (medicine: treatment plan) · fi rata (sports: trajectory of a ball etc.) · hu téglasor (masonry: row of bricks) · la cursus (itinerary of a race) · mi kokenga (path that something or someone moves along) · da ret (cooking: stage of a meal) · cs chod (cooking: stage of a meal) · da bane (itinerary of a race) · fa-ira دَرْس (education: learning program) · pt curso (normal or customary sequence) · fi järjestys (sequence of events) · bg ход (programme, chosen manner of proceeding) · ko 과정 (education: learning program) · ca rumb (nautical: direction of movement of a vessel) · de Bahn (sports: trajectory of a ball etc.) · it percorso (itinerary of a race) · fi kielipari (music: pair of strings played together) · hy կուրս (education: learning program) · it percorso (path that something or someone moves along) · eo kurso (education: learning program) · it pietanza (cooking: stage of a meal) · sh kòlēgij (education: learning program) · pt prato (cooking: stage of a meal) · fr plat (cooking: stage of a meal) · es rumbo (nautical: direction of movement of a vessel) · yo ìdánilẹ́kọ̀ọ́ (education: learning program) · nl baan (sports: trajectory of a ball etc.) · fi kurssi (education: learning program) · es derrota (nautical: direction of movement of a vessel) · fa-ira کِلاس (education: learning program) · bg курс (intended passage of voyage) · cs kúra (medicine: treatment plan) · sk kurz (nautical: direction of movement of a vessel) · pt turno (succession of one to another in office or duty) · nn kurs (nautical: direction of movement of a vessel) · enm cours (masonry: row of bricks) · nl opleiding (education: learning program) · sl tečaj (education: learning program) · it fila (masonry: row of bricks) · fi kurssi (nautical: direction of movement of a vessel) · da skifte (masonry: row of bricks) · la cursus (nautical: direction of movement of a vessel) · pl ciąg (sequence of events) · enm cours (normal or customary sequence) · wa luçon (education: learning program) · ko 코스 (intended passage of voyage) · hu útirány (intended passage of voyage) · id kursus (education: learning program) · pt disciplina (education: learning program) · gd iùl (nautical: direction of movement of a vessel) · nl gang (sequence of events) · ro fel (cooking: stage of a meal) · nb rett (cooking: stage of a meal) · bg курс (education: learning program) · be курс (education: learning program) · pl kurs (nautical: direction of movement of a vessel) · ro oră (education: learning program) · ru курс (medicine: treatment plan) · tg роҳ (itinerary of a race) · ms kursus (education: learning program) · id program studi (education: learning program) · mi hātepe (sequence of events) · is námsbraut (education: learning program) · ar حَلَقَةٌ دِرَاسِيَّة (education: learning program) · ar مُقَرَّر (education: learning program) · fi tiilivarvi (masonry: row of bricks) · it corso (sequence of events) · hu fogás (cooking: stage of a meal) · fi ohjelma (programme, chosen manner of proceeding) · ru ку́рсы (education: learning program) · fi kieli (music: string on a lute) · ja コース (education: learning program) · fi työvuoro (succession of one to another in office or duty) · fi ruokalaji (cooking: stage of a meal) · tg давра (education: learning program) · bg курс (nautical: direction of movement of a vessel) · hi घटनाक्रम (sequence of events) · es plato (cooking: stage of a meal) · txb yoñiya (intended passage of voyage) · ka კურსი (education: learning program) · es transcurso (sequence of events) · it corso (education: learning program) · es curso (intended passage of voyage) · hu irány (intended passage of voyage) · tr rota (itinerary of a race) · la mensa (cooking: stage of a meal) · pl trajektoria (sports: trajectory of a ball etc.) · it itinerario (nautical: direction of movement of a vessel) · fi kerros (roofing: row of material that forms the roofing) · is námskeið (education: learning program) · hu irány (itinerary of a race) · fi järjestys (normal or customary sequence) · hy ընթացք (sequence of events) · ga cúrsa (education: learning program) · yi קורס (education: learning program) · cmn 航路 (nautical: direction of movement of a vessel) · fa-ira مَسیر (itinerary of a race) · la ferculum (cooking: stage of a meal) · fi kerros (masonry: row of bricks) · nl gang (cooking: stage of a meal) · pt fileira (row or file of objects) · ar دَوْرَات (education: learning program) · hu útirány (nautical: direction of movement of a vessel) · it sequenza (ordered process or sequence or steps) · fi rata (sequence of events) · wa cours (education: learning program) · sv kurs (education: learning program) · bg я́дене (cooking: stage of a meal) · uk курс (education: learning program) · tr yemek (cooking: stage of a meal) · enm cours (sequence of events) · mi rerenga (intended passage of voyage) · pl kurs (intended passage of voyage) · bg реди́ца (row or file of objects) · ja コース (nautical: direction of movement of a vessel) · nl cursus (education: learning program) · sh jȅlo (cooking: stage of a meal) · nb kurs (intended passage of voyage) · nl koers (nautical: direction of movement of a vessel) · mi akoranga (education: learning program) · th หนทาง (path that something or someone moves along) · ca curs (nautical: direction of movement of a vessel) · sh је̏ло (cooking: stage of a meal) · mi kōhi (education: learning program) · ja コース (cooking: stage of a meal) · nb kurs (nautical: direction of movement of a vessel) · uk курс (medicine: treatment plan) · gl fiada (masonry: row of bricks) · hu irány (nautical: direction of movement of a vessel) · ru после́довательность (sequence of events) · hu tanfolyam (education: learning program) · es rota (nautical: direction of movement of a vessel) · fr route (nautical: direction of movement of a vessel) · sw kozi (education: learning program) · fi luutunkieli (music: string on a lute) · it programma (programme, chosen manner of proceeding) · az kurs (education: learning program) · af kursus (education: learning program) · be курс (nautical: direction of movement of a vessel) · no skift (masonry: row of bricks) · pt trajetória (sports: trajectory of a ball etc.) · pt curso (nautical: direction of movement of a vessel) · ru маршру́т (itinerary of a race) · ar طَبَق (cooking: stage of a meal) · ga cúrsa (cooking: stage of a meal) · cmn 菜 (cooking: stage of a meal) · bg ред (masonry: row of bricks) · da bane (sports: trajectory of a ball etc.) · yo ìdálẹ́kọ̀ọ́ (education: learning program) · be курс (medicine: treatment plan) · pt curso (sequence of events) · pl bieg (sequence of events) · fi ohjelma (ordered process or sequence or steps) · mi akomanga (education: learning program) · ru ход (sequence of events) · da kurs (intended passage of voyage) · da rute (itinerary of a race) · mi papanga (masonry: row of bricks) · nl parcours (itinerary of a race) · tr rota (nautical: direction of movement of a vessel) · he נִדְבָּךְ (masonry: row of bricks) · th แนวทาง (path that something or someone moves along) · es decurso (sequence of events) · nl gerecht (cooking: stage of a meal) · nl weg (path that something or someone moves along) · cy cwrs (nautical: direction of movement of a vessel) · nb bane (sports: trajectory of a ball etc.) · fi vuoro (succession of one to another in office or duty) · ru траекто́рия (sports: trajectory of a ball etc.) · fr parcours (itinerary of a race) · it itinerario (itinerary of a race) · fi palvelusvuoro (succession of one to another in office or duty) · nn kurs (education: learning program) · fi varvi (masonry: row of bricks) · enm cours (succession of one to another in office or duty) · ru ряд (row or file of objects) · vi khoá học (education: learning program) · yue 航路 (nautical: direction of movement of a vessel) · ar دَوْرَة (education: learning program) · it portata (cooking: stage of a meal) · sa यामन् (ordered process or sequence or steps) · pl kurs (education: learning program) · cmn 程序 (sequence of events) · to koosi (education: learning program) · it decorso (medicine: treatment plan) · fi rata (path that something or someone moves along) · bg траекто́рия (sports: trajectory of a ball etc.) · lb Cours (education: learning program) · sh kȕrs (education: learning program) · ga réim (medicine: treatment plan) · sh ку̏рс (education: learning program) · pt matéria (education: learning program) · pt curso (education: learning program) · de Kurs (nautical: direction of movement of a vessel) · bg после́дователност (sequence of events) · enm cours (nautical: direction of movement of a vessel) · ru блю́до (cooking: stage of a meal) · it turno (succession of one to another in office or duty) · enm cours (path that something or someone moves along) · fi polku (path that something or someone moves along) · es curso (education: learning program) · yue 課程 /课程 (education: learning program) · ga réim (path that something or someone moves along) · ro curs (education: learning program) · az gediş (sequence of events) · ko 항로 (nautical: direction of movement of a vessel) · tr mecra (sequence of events) · de Gang (cooking: stage of a meal) · it rotta (nautical: direction of movement of a vessel) · la cursus (sequence of events) · he מָנָה (cooking: stage of a meal) · th หลักสูตร (education: learning program) · sh те̏ча̄ј (education: learning program) · ko 코스 (nautical: direction of movement of a vessel) · bg блю́до (cooking: stage of a meal) · ca trajectòria (sports: trajectory of a ball etc.) · nl koers (intended passage of voyage) · pt percurso (path that something or someone moves along) · sa पथ (path that something or someone moves along) · ar وَجْبَة (cooking: stage of a meal) · sk kurz (education: learning program) · gd iùl (intended passage of voyage) · es tiempo (cooking: stage of a meal) · fi rivi (row or file of objects) · de Kurs (education: learning program) · da kursus (education: learning program) · sv kurs (nautical: direction of movement of a vessel) · pt curso (intended passage of voyage) · tr ders (education: learning program) · be блю́да (cooking: stage of a meal) · enm cours (cooking: stage of a meal) · fa-ira دُورِه (education: learning program) · ca recorregut (itinerary of a race) · fi kulkusuunta (education: learning program) · sv rätt (cooking: stage of a meal) · sq kurs (education: learning program) · ca ruta (itinerary of a race) · es materia (education: learning program) · be курс (itinerary of a race) · de Lehrgang (education: learning program) · cy cwrs (intended passage of voyage) · sh tȅčāj (education: learning program) · fr cours (education: learning program) · nb kurs (sports: trajectory of a ball etc.) · ja 課程 (education: learning program)

course en · VERB · etymology 1

Pronunciation

(General-American) audio
/kuːɹs/ (obsolete)
/kʊɹs/ (obsolete)
/koːɹs/ rhotic
(General-American)
/kɔɹs/ (General-American)
/koəs/ non-rhotic
kōrs rhotic
kôs (Received-Pronunciation)
/kɜːs/ (Tasmania)
kôrs (General-American)
/kɔːs/ (Received-Pronunciation)

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To run or flow (especially of liquids and more particularly blood).
- He is a South American, so perhaps revolutionary spirit courses through Francis's veins. But what, pray, does the Catholic church want with doubt? 2013 September 20, Martina Hyde, “Is the pope Catholic?”, in The Guardian:
- Sudden anger rose in him. “What I’m looking for,” he barked, “is to be left in peace.” His voice trembled with a rage far bigger than her intrusion merited, the rage which shocked him whenever it coursed through his nervous system, like a flood. 2001, Salman Rushdie, Fury: A Novel, London: Jonathan Cape, →ISBN, page 5:
- The oil coursed through the engine.
- Blood pumped around the human body courses throughout all its veins and arteries.
(transitive) To run through or over.
(transitive) To pursue by tracking or estimating the course taken by one's prey; to follow or chase after.
- We coursed him at the heels. c. 1606 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Macbeth”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene vi]:
(transitive) To cause to chase after or pursue game.
- to course greyhounds after deer

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Spelling	Features	Source
coursed	Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part	lexicographic
coursed	Tense=Past	lexicographic
courses	Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres	lexicographic
coursing	Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part	lexicographic

Deriveds

coursing joint

Translations (32)

mi rere (Flow) · bg преследвам (Pursue) · de verfolgen (Pursue) · bg протичам (Flow) · de fließen (Flow) · gl correr (Flow) · cs stíhat (Pursue) · eo trakuri (Flow) · ru пресле́довать (Pursue) · gl perseguir (Pursue) · es perseguir (Pursue) · ru циркули́ровать (Flow) · cs sledovat (Pursue) · bg гоня (Pursue) · ca cursar (Flow) · cs proudit (Flow) · da rulle (Flow) · ru течь (Flow) · it braccare (Pursue) · nl vloeien (Flow) · ru бежа́ть (Flow) · nl achternazitten (Pursue) · fr parcourir (Flow) · da jage (Pursue) · ca recórrer (Flow) · cs pronásledovat (Pursue) · cs téct (Flow) · pt correr (Flow) · cs protékat (Flow) · es correr (Flow) · it scorrere (Flow) · nl achtervolgen (Pursue)

course en · ADV · etymology 2

Pronunciation

(General-American) audio
/kuːɹs/ (obsolete)
/kʊɹs/ (obsolete)
/koːɹs/ rhotic
(General-American)
/kɔɹs/ (General-American)
/koəs/ non-rhotic
kōrs rhotic
kôs (Received-Pronunciation)
/kɜːs/ (Tasmania)
kôrs (General-American)
/kɔːs/ (Received-Pronunciation)

Meanings

(abbreviation, alt-of, colloquial, ellipsis, not-comparable) Ellipsis of of course.
alt of course
- Also I enjoy the old school killer zombies of the original George Romero movies and more recent work like ‘28 Days Later’. Course in ‘28 Days Later’ the most terrifying monster of all was the army major as played by Christopher Eccleston, which is like saying, who is the real monster? The zombies or – society? 2010, Gary Owen, Love Steals Us from Loneliness, London: Bloomsbury Publishing, →DOI, →ISBN, page 13:
- "Course it's mighty hard to tell till we've put out a few traps," said the former, "but it looks to me like we've struck it lucky." 1922, A. M. Chisholm, A Thousand a Plate:
- Course, my home wasn't exactly in Harlem […] 1946, Milton “Mezz” Mezzrow, Bernard Wolfe, “Tell a Green Man Something”, in Really the Blues, New York, N.Y.: Random House, book 3 (1928–1935: The Big Apple), page 209:

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Spelling	Features	Labels	Source
'course		alternative, hypercorrect	lexicographic

nom de course

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course en · NOUN · etymology 1

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course en · VERB · etymology 1

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course en · ADV · etymology 2

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