course meaning and definition

COURSE noun

Definition of course (noun)

1. education imparted in a series of lessons or meetings
   • "he took a course in basket weaving"; "flirting is not unknown in college classes"
   • synonyms: class, course of instruction, course of study
2. a connected series of events or actions or developments
   • "the government took a firm course"; "historians can only point out those lines for which evidence is available"
   • synonyms: line
3. general line of orientation
   • "the river takes a southern course"; "the northeastern trend of the coast"
   • synonyms: trend
4. 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"
   • synonyms: course of action
5. a line or route along which something travels or moves
   • "the hurricane demolished houses in its path"; "the track of an animal"; "the course of the river"
   • synonyms: path, track
6. a body of students who are taught together
   • "early morning classes are always sleepy"
   • synonyms: class, form, grade
7. part of a meal served at one time
   • "she prepared a three course meal"
8. (construction) a layer of masonry
   • "a course of bricks"
   • synonyms: row
9. 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"

COURSE verb

Definition of course (verb)

1. move swiftly through or over
   • "ships coursing the Atlantic"
2. move along, of liquids
   • "Water flowed into the cave"; "the Missouri feeds into the Mississippi"
   • synonyms: feed, flow, run
3. hunt with hounds
   • "He often courses hares"

COURSE adverb

Definition of course (adverb)

1. as might be expected
   • "naturally, the lawyer sent us a huge bill"
   • synonyms: naturally, of course
   • antonym: unnaturally