COURSE
\kˈɔːs], \kˈɔːs], \k_ˈɔː_s]\
Definitions of COURSE
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
- 1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
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the monthly discharge of blood from the uterus of nonpregnant women from puberty to menopause; "the women were sickly and subject to excessive menstruation"; "a woman does not take the gout unless her menses be stopped"--Hippocrates; "the semen begins to appear in males and to be emitted at the same time of life that the catamenia begin to flow in females"--Aristotle
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part of a meal served at one time; "she prepared a three course meal"
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general line of orientation; "the river takes a southern course"; "the northeastern trend of the coast"
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as might be expected; "naturally, the lawyer sent us a huge bill"
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hunt with hounds; "He often courses hares"
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move swiftly through or over; "ships coursing the Atlantic"
By Princeton University
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a mode of action; "if you persist in that course you will surely fail"
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part of a meal served at one time; "she prepared a three course meal"
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general line of orientation; "the river takes a southern course"; "the northeastern trend of the coast"
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as might be expected; "naturally, the lawyer sent us a huge bill"
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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The ground or path traversed; track; way.
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Motion, considered as to its general or resultant direction or to its goal; line progress or advance.
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Progress from point to point without change of direction; any part of a progress from one place to another, which is in a straight line, or on one direction; as, a ship in a long voyage makes many courses; a course measured by a surveyor between two stations; also, a progress without interruption or rest; a heat; as, one course of a race.
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Motion considered with reference to manner; or derly progress; procedure in a certain line of thought or action; as, the course of an argument.
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Customary or established sequence of events; recurrence of events according to natural laws.
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Method of procedure; manner or way of conducting; conduct; behavior.
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A series of motions or acts arranged in order; a succession of acts or practices connectedly followed; as, a course of medicine; a course of lectures on chemistry.
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The succession of one to another in office or duty; order; turn.
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That part of a meal served at one time, with its accompaniments.
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A continuous level range of brick or stones of the same height throughout the face or faces of a building.
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The lowest sail on any mast of a square-rigged vessel; as, the fore course, main course, etc.
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To run, hunt, or chase after; to follow hard upon; to pursue.
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To cause to chase after or pursue game; as, to course greyhounds after deer.
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To run through or over.
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To run as in a race, or in hunting; to pursue the sport of coursing; as, the sportsmen coursed over the flats of Lancashire.
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To move with speed; to race; as, the blood courses through the veins.
By Oddity Software
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A race; a path or track; progress; career; direction or line of motion; the portion of a meal served at one time; conduct; behavior; the direction in which a ship is steered; a series of acts arranged in order or at stated periods; as, a course of nursing.
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To pursue with dogs; to run through or over.
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To pursue game with dogs.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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The act of running: the road or track on which one runs: the direction pursued: a voyage: a race: regular progress from point to point: method of procedure: conduct: a part of a meal served at one time.
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To run, chase, or hunt after.
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To move with speed as in a race or hunt.
By Daniel Lyons
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Act of running; track; path pursued; career; voyage or race; progress; method; service of food.
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To chase or run after.
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To run swiftly.
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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To run, or cause to run; hunt; chase.
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The act of moving onward; path; direction; series or sequence, as of events; career; line of conduct; portion of a meal served at once; a row or layer.
By James Champlin Fernald
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The act of running; a race; a career; a current; the line or direction of motion: the route; voyage; ground on which a race is run; the progress of anything; method of procedure; succession; a methodical series; conduct; act of running in the lists; any regular series; service of meat; a continued range of stones or bricks, level or of the same height, throughout the whole length of the building.
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To hunt; to pursue; to cause to run; to run through or over.
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To run; to move about, as, the blood courses. Of course, by consequence; without special direction.
By Nuttall, P.Austin.
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A career; a race; the ground on which the race is run; generally a passing, moving, or motion forward within limits; the progress of anything; usual manner; order of procedure; way of life or conduct; natural bent; the dishes set on table at one time; elements of an art or science exhibited and explained in a series of lessons or lectures, as a course of chemistry; a continued range of stone's or bricks in the wall of a building; the track of a ship.
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To hunt; to chase; to run through or over; to move with speed.
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.
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n. [French] [Latin] A moving forward, or passing from one point to another; -journey; voyage; career; —the line of progress; route; direction; —the ground traversed; path; way; bed of a stream; ground on which a race is run; —the manner of progress; regular series; succession; systematized form of lecturing or teaching; —way of life; conduct; —a service of dishes of one kind at a meal; —a continued level range of stones of the same height throughout the face of a building; —pl. The menstrual flux; —the lower sails of a ship.
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Race, career; passage from place to place; tilt, act of running in the lists; ground on which a race is run; track or line in which a ship sails; sails, means by which the course is performed; order of succession; series of successive and methodical procedure; the elements of an art exhibited and explained in a methodical series; method of life, train of actions; natural bent, uncontrolled will; catamenia; number of dishes set on at once upon the table; empty form.
By Thomas Sheridan
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