[ noun ]
■ a mode of action
e.g.)
・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
→
course of action
[ noun ]
■ education imparted in a series of lessons or meetings
e.g.)
・he took a course in basket weaving
→
class
,
course of instruction
,
course of study
[ noun ]
■ facility consisting of a circumscribed area of land or water laid out for a sport
e.g.)
・the course had only nine holes
・the course was less than a mile
[ noun ]
■ (construction) a layer of masonry
e.g.)
・a course of bricks
→
row
[ noun ]
■ part of a meal served at one time
e.g.)
・she prepared a three course meal
[ noun ]
■ a body of students who are taught together
→
class
,
form
,
grade
[ noun ]
■ a connected series of events or actions or developments
e.g.)
・the government took a firm course
→
line
[ noun ]
■ general line of orientation
e.g.)
・the river takes a southern course
→
trend
[ noun ]
■ a line or route along which something travels or moves
e.g.)
・the course of the river
→
path
,
track
[ verb ]
■ hunt with hounds
e.g.)
・He often courses hares
[ verb ]
■ move along, of liquids
→
feed
,
flow
,
run
[ verb ]
■ move swiftly through or over
[ adverb ]
■ as might be expected
→
naturally
,
of course
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