course: signification et définitions

Onward movement in a particular direction; progress: the course of events.

Movement in time; duration: in the course of a year.

The direction of continuing movement: took a northern course.

The route or path taken by something, such as a stream, that moves. See Synonyms at way.

Sports A designated area of land or water on which a race is held: the course of a marathon.

Sports A golf course.

A mode of action or behavior: followed the best course and invested her money.

A typical or natural manner of proceeding or developing; customary passage: a fad that ran its course.

A systematic or orderly succession; a sequence: a course of medical treatments.

A continuous layer of building material, such as brick or tile, on a wall or roof of a building.

A complete body of prescribed studies constituting a curriculum: a four-year course in engineering.

A unit of such a curriculum: took an introductory course in chemistry; passed her calculus course.

A part of a meal served as a unit at one time: The first course was a delicious soup.

Nautical The lowest sail on a mast of a square-rigged ship.

A point on the compass, especially the one toward which a vehicle, such as a ship, is moving.

To move swiftly through or over; traverse: ships coursing the seas.

To hunt (game) with hounds.

To set (hounds) to chase game.

To proceed or move swiftly along a specified course: "Big tears now coursed down her face” ( Iris Murdoch).

To hunt game with hounds.

in due course At the proper or right time.

of course In the natural or expected order of things; naturally.

of course Without any doubt; certainly.