course (noun)

  • 1course — ► NOUN 1) a direction followed or intended: the aircraft changed course. 2) the way in which something progresses or develops: the course of history. 3) a procedure adopted to deal with a situation. 4) a dish forming one of the successive parts… …

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  • 2course — [kɔːs ǁ kɔːrs] noun [countable] especially BrE a series of classes or studies in a particular subject: • a one year journalism course correˈspondence ˌcourse a course in which the student works at home and sends completed work to their teacher by …

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  • 3course of action — noun 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 • Syn: ↑course • Hypernyms: ↑action • Hyponyms: ↑ …

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  • 4course — noun 1》 the route or direction followed by a ship, aircraft, road, or river. 2》 the way in which something progresses or develops.     ↘(also course of action) a procedure adopted to deal with a situation. 3》 a dish forming one of the successive… …

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  • 5course — I noun act, act of pursuing, action, activity, advance, approach, arrangment, attack, campaign, completion, conduct, customary manner of procedure, delivery, design, direction, effectuation, effort, employment, endeavor, evolution, execution,… …

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  • 6course of study — noun 1. an integrated course of academic studies he was admitted to a new program at the university • Syn: ↑program, ↑programme, ↑curriculum, ↑syllabus • Derivationally related forms: ↑curricular ( …

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  • 7course of instruction — noun education imparted in a series of lessons or meetings he took a course in basket weaving flirting is not unknown in college classes • Syn: ↑course, ↑course of study, ↑class • Hypernyms: ↑education, ↑ …

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  • 8Course in General Linguistics — (Cours de linguistique générale) is an influential book compiled by Charles Bally and Albert Sechehaye that is based on notes taken from Ferdinand de Saussure s lectures at the University of Geneva between the years 1906 and 1911. It was… …

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  • 9course of lectures — noun a series of lectures dealing with a subject • Hypernyms: ↑course, ↑course of study, ↑course of instruction, ↑class • Part Holonyms: ↑course of study, ↑program, ↑programme, ↑ …

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  • 10course session — noun a regularly scheduled session as part of a course of study • Syn: ↑class period, ↑recitation • Hypernyms: ↑session • Part Holonyms: ↑course, ↑course of study, ↑course of inst …

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