Difference between course and remove and postgraduate and run

Definitions

adverb

1. as might be expected

noun

1. a line or route along which something travels or moves
2. a mode of action
3. facility consisting of a circumscribed area of land or water laid out for a sport
4. general line of orientation
5. (construction) a layer of masonry

verb

1. move along, of liquids
2. move swiftly through or over
3. hunt with hounds

Examples

A few alpha particles were deflected from their straight course.

I add a little extra for being all spaced-out, of course.

Larger butter pieces (not huge, of course, but quite a bit larger than “wet sand”) result in a flakier biscuit.

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verb

1. go away or leave
2. kill intentionally and with premeditation
3. shift the position or location of, as for business, legal, educational, or military purposes
4. remove from a position or an office
5. remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, or remove something abstract

noun

1. degree of figurative distance or separation

Examples

To avoid leaving the center posts in the permanent work, two rows of temporary posts were placed, as shown by Fig. 1, Plate LX, the center wall and skewback were built, and the posts were removed, as shown by Fig. 2, Plate LX, before placing the remainder of the lining.

While maintaining a level of accessibility and providing information are important, this must not dumb the work down, compromise the artists' intentions, or remove the challenge aspect of art that many people thrive on.

Undercook the potatoes a little as they will continue cooking when removed from the water.

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noun

1. a student who continues studies after graduation

adjective

1. of or relating to studies beyond a bachelor's degree

Examples

They could decide who got the promotion, the apartment, the new car, or the postgraduate course abroad.

At worst that could mean ejection from the postgraduate social work course he'd sweated blood to get on to.

The department runs a research seminar, with guest speakers and opportunities for postgraduate students to present their work.

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Definitions

noun

1. an unbroken series of events
2. a short trip
3. a score in baseball made by a runner touching all four bases safely
4. the act of running; traveling on foot at a fast pace
5. unrestricted freedom to use

verb

1. reduce or cause to be reduced from a solid to a liquid state, usually by heating
2. cause to perform
3. cause to emit recorded audio or video
4. change or be different within limits
5. deal in illegally, such as arms or liquor

Examples

Jeff, clad in board trunks and a T-shirt, leans back in his chair with the lappie on his, uhhh, lap, and his bare feet up on the desk.

The protests were going on about 1 kilometers away in the main street and some of the protesting crowd were running from tear gass used among them, towards Salehi St. The film is shot by my friend who was standing beside me.

If there was any hope of holding on to even a shred of her dwindling self-respect, she should do exactly what she knew Margo would do—close the laptop, take her de-scrunchied, perfumed, and nearly thonged self down to the nearest club, pick up the first passably good-looking stranger who asked her to dance, and bring him back to the apartment for some safe but anonymous sex.

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