course

Meanings

• education imparted in a series of lessons or meetings
  • "he took a course in basket weaving"
• a connected series of events or actions or developments
  • "the government took a firm course"
• general line of orientation
  • "the river takes a southern course"
• 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"
• a line or route along which something travels or moves
  • "the course of the river"
• a body of students who are taught together
• part of a meal served at one time
  • "she prepared a three course meal"
• (construction) a layer of masonry
  • "a course of bricks"
• 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"
• move swiftly through or over
• move along, of liquids
• hunt with hounds
  • "He often courses hares"
• as might be expected

Synonyms

class, course of action, course of instruction, course of study, feed, flow, form, grade, line, naturally, of course, path, row, run, track, trend