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kɔːrs ]
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kɔːs ]
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Noun

1. The route or direction followed by a ship, aircraft, road, or river.

It is true that present-day river courses are not wholly natural.

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2. The way in which something progresses or develops.

Postoperatively, the patient's course was unremarkable.

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3. A procedure adopted to deal with a situation.

Both courses of action are preferable to stocking up piles of atomic waste.

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4. A dish, or a set of dishes served together, forming one of the successive parts of a meal.

guests are offered a choice of main course

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5. An area of land set aside and prepared for racing, golf, or another sport.

Conditions were fine for golf and the course was beautifully prepared.

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6. A series of lectures or lessons in a particular subject, leading to an examination or qualification.

a business studies course

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7. A series of repeated treatments or doses of medication.

A repeat course of antibiotics at a later date to keep the condition under control.

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8. A series of changes which brings the bells back to their original order, or the changes of a particular bell.
9. A continuous horizontal layer of brick, stone, or other material in a wall.

The wall was built in regular horizontal courses bonded by mud mortar.

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10. A pursuit of game (especially hares) with greyhounds by sight rather than scent.
11. A sail on the lowest yards of a square-rigged ship.

Next we had to set the course sail, the top sail of the forward mast, then the foresails out over the bowsprit.

12. A set of adjacent strings on a guitar, lute, etc., tuned to the same note.

The kanoun is a large zither, often with 70 to 100 strings arranged in courses of three.

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Verb

1. (of liquid) move without obstruction; flow.

I nodded; tears were still coursing down my cheeks.

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2. Pursue (game, especially hares) with greyhounds using sight rather than scent.

The farmer thought they were coursing hares and called police.

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Origin

1. Middle English from Old French cours, from Latin cursus, from curs- ‘run’, from the verb currere.

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