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ADVERB | 1 | course, naturally, of course | As might be expected |
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NOUN | 1 | course, course of study, course of instruction, class | Education imparted in a series of lessons or class meetings |
2 | course, line | A connected series of events or actions or developments | |
3 | course | Facility consisting of a circumscribed area of land or water laid out for a sport | |
4 | course, course of action | A mode of action | |
5 | course, path, track | A line or route along which something travels or moves | |
6 | course, trend | General line of orientation | |
7 | course | Part of a meal served at one time | |
8 | course, row | (construction) a layer of masonry | |
VERB | 1 | course | Move swiftly through or over |
2 | course, run, flow, feed | Move along, of liquids | |
3 | course | Hunt with hounds |
Sounds | kao'rs |
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Rhymes | force, airforce, Bourse, and 26 more rhymes in aors at the HyperDic website... |
Meaning | Education imparted in a series of lessons or class meetings. |
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Examples | "he took a course in basket weaving" |
Synonyms | course of study, course of instruction, class |
Parts | coursework; lesson; lecture, lecturing; course session, class period, recitation |
Narrower | adult education; art class; childbirth-preparation class; correspondence course; course of lectures; extension course; home study; industrial arts; orientation course, orientation; propaedeutic, propaedeutics; refresher course, refresher; seminar; shop class, shop; workshop |
Broader | education, instruction, teaching, pedagogy, educational activity |
Meaning | A connected series of events or actions or developments. |
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Examples | "the government took a firm course" |
Synonyms | line |
Narrower | stream, flow, current |
Broader | series |
Meaning | Facility consisting of a circumscribed area of land or water laid out for a sport. |
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Examples | "the course had only nine holes"; "the course was less than a mile" |
Narrower | golf course, golf links, links; racetrack, racecourse, raceway, track |
Broader | facility, installation |
Meaning | A mode of action. |
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Examples | "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" |
Synonyms | course of action |
Narrower | blind alley; collision course; way, path, way of life |
Broader | action |
Meaning | A line or route along which something travels or moves. |
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Examples | "the course of the river" |
Synonyms | path, track |
Narrower | collision course; inside track; round; steps; swath, belt; trail |
Broader | line |
Verbs | course |
Meaning | General line of orientation. |
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Examples | "the river takes a southern course" |
Synonyms | trend |
Broader | direction, way |
Verbs | course |
Meaning | Part of a meal served at one time. |
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Examples | "she prepared a three course meal" |
Part of | meal, repast |
Narrower | entree, main course; appetizer, appetiser, starter; dessert, sweet, afters; pudding, pud |
Broader | nutriment, nourishment, nutrition, sustenance, aliment, alimentation, victuals |
Meaning | (construction) a layer of masonry. |
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Examples | "a course of bricks" |
Synonyms | row |
Part of | wall |
Narrower | damp-proof course, damp course; row of bricks |
Broader | layer, bed |
Meaning | As might be expected. |
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Synonyms | naturally, of course |
Contrary | unnaturally |
Meaning | Move swiftly through or over. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something |
Broader | traverse, track, cover, cross, pass over, get over, get across, cut through, cut across |
Nouns | course |
Meaning | Move along, of liquids. |
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Pattern | Something ----s; Something is ----ing PP |
Synonyms | run, flow, feed |
Caused by | flush; flow; pour |
Entailed by | overflow, overrun, well over, run over, brim over |
Narrower | flush; jet, gush; tide, surge; circulate; eddy, purl, whirlpool, swirl, whirl; waste, run off; run down; pour; spill, run out; stream, well out; trickle, dribble, filter; drain, run out; seep, ooze; gutter |
Broader | move |
Nouns | course |
Meaning | Hunt with hounds. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s; Somebody ----s something |
Examples | "He often courses hares" |
Category | game |
Broader | hunt, run, hunt down, track down |
Nouns | coursing |