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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 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... |
| Meaning | Education imparted in a series of lessons or 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 |
| Broader | education, instruction, teaching, pedagogy, didactics, educational activity |
| Narrower | adult education; art class; childbirth-preparation class; correspondence course; course of lectures; elective course, elective; extension course; home study; industrial arts; orientation course, orientation; propaedeutic, propaedeutics; refresher course, refresher; required course; seminar; shop class, shop; workshop |
| Meaning | A connected series of events or actions or developments. |
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| Examples | "the government took a firm course" |
| Synonyms | line |
| Broader | series |
| Narrower | stream, flow, current |
| 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" |
| Broader | facility, installation |
| Narrower | golf course, links course; racetrack, racecourse, raceway, track |
| 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 |
| Broader | action |
| Narrower | blind alley; collision course; way, path, way of life |
| Meaning | A line or route along which something travels or moves. |
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| Examples | "the course of the river" |
| Synonyms | path, track |
| Broader | line |
| Narrower | collision course; inside track; round; steps; swath, belt; trail |
| 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 |
| Broader | nutriment, nourishment, nutrition, sustenance, aliment, alimentation, victuals |
| Narrower | entree, main course; appetizer, appetiser, starter; dessert, sweet, afters; pudding, pud |
| Meaning | (construction) a layer of masonry. |
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| Examples | "a course of bricks" |
| Synonyms | row |
| Part of | wall |
| Broader | layer, bed |
| Narrower | damp-proof course, damp course; row of bricks |
| 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 |
| Broader | move |
| 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 |
| Entailed by | overflow, overrun, well over, run over, brim over |
| 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 |
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