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US
/ˈkɔɹs/
]
[ UK /kˈɔːs/ ]
[ UK /kˈɔːs/ ]
ADVERB
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as might be expected
naturally, the lawyer sent us a huge bill
NOUN
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a line or route along which something travels or moves
the track of an animal
the course of the river
the hurricane demolished houses in its path -
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 -
facility consisting of a circumscribed area of land or water laid out for a sport
the course was less than a mile
the course had only nine holes -
general line of orientation
the northeastern trend of the coast
the river takes a southern course -
(construction) a layer of masonry
a course of bricks -
part of a meal served at one time
she prepared a three course meal -
a body of students who are taught together
early morning classes are always sleepy -
a connected series of events or actions or developments
historians can only point out those lines for which evidence is available
the government took a firm course -
education imparted in a series of lessons or meetings
he took a course in basket weaving
flirting is not unknown in college classes
VERB
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move along, of liquids
the Missouri feeds into the Mississippi
Water flowed into the cave -
move swiftly through or over
ships coursing the Atlantic -
hunt with hounds
He often courses hares
How To Use course In A Sentence
- Mr. Sorapong, 35 years old, selected industrial estate developers Hemaraj Land & Development PCL and Amata Corporation PCL among his top picks, with Hemaraj returning 147% over the course of 2010 and Amata providing a 99% return on investment. Real Estate
- A few alpha particles were deflected from their straight course.
- I add a little extra for being all spaced-out, of course. Archive 2009-02-01
- Larger butter pieces (not huge, of course, but quite a bit larger than “wet sand”) result in a flakier biscuit. 2009 March | Baking Bites
- It also has superb golf courses, so if you're a bit of a golf widow, leave him to tussle in the bunker while you slink off to the spa - it's connected to the hotel by a subterranean tunnel.
- ‘Of course, if you fail, and you have been put on that pedestal, it is a lot harder because you have further to fall,’ he said.
- By this time, Dad and I had replaced the old dipole with a short Yagi array, horizontally polarized of course, and screwed to one of the crossbeams in the attic, so now we had three channels with excellent reception.
- Of course, this kid dreams of a place like this island, where nobody works except to keep house and pick wild blueberries and beachcomb. Diary
- But of course Buchco is hideous and wrong, we need to raise taxes and let's throw in free college tuition too tsk stk btw, neither of you seemned to be aware the mayor of Pittsburgh just announced a similar "homestead" program where Pittsburgh residents will get their tution paid in an effort to get people to move to Pittsburgh. Radio alert.
- You are a virgin if you have not had sexual intercourse.
