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English noun: course | |||
| 1. | course (act) education imparted in a series of lessons or meetings | ||
| Samples | He took a course in basket weaving. Flirting is not unknown in college classes. | ||
| Synonyms | class, course of instruction, course of study | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | didactics, education, educational activity, instruction, pedagogy, teaching | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | adult education, art class, childbirth-preparation class, correspondence course, course of lectures, directed study, elective, elective course, extension course, home study, industrial arts, orientation, orientation course, propaedeutic, propaedeutics, refresher, refresher course, required course, seminar, shop, shop class, workshop | ||
| Part holonym | class period, course session, coursework, lecture, lecturing, lesson, recitation | ||
| 2. | course (group) a connected series of events or actions or developments | ||
| Samples | The government took a firm course. Historians can only point out those lines for which evidence is available. | ||
| Synonyms | line | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | series | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | current, flow, stream | ||
| 3. | course (location) general line of orientation | ||
| Samples | The river takes a southern course. The northeastern trend of the coast. | ||
| Synonyms | trend | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | direction, way | ||
| 4. | course (act) a mode of action | ||
| Samples | 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 (hypernym) | action | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | blind alley, collision course, path, way, way of life | ||
| 5. | course (object) a line or route along which something travels or moves | ||
| Samples | The hurricane demolished houses in its path. The track of an animal. The course of the river. | ||
| Synonyms | path, track | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | line | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | belt, collision course, inside track, round, steps, swath, trail | ||
| 6. | course (group) a body of students who are taught together | ||
| Samples | Early morning classes are always sleepy. | ||
| Synonyms | class, form, grade | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | assemblage, gathering | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | discussion section, master class, section | ||
| 7. | course (food) part of a meal served at one time | ||
| Samples | She prepared a three course meal. | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | aliment, alimentation, nourishment, nutriment, nutrition, sustenance, victuals | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | afters, appetiser, appetizer, dessert, entree, main course, starter, sweet | ||
| Part meronym | meal, repast | ||
| 8. | course (artifact) (construction) a layer of masonry | ||
| Samples | A course of bricks. | ||
| Synonyms | row | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | bed, layer | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | damp course, damp-proof course, row of bricks | ||
| Part meronym | wall | ||
| 9. | course (artifact) facility consisting of a circumscribed area of land or water laid out for a sport | ||
| Samples | The course had only nine holes. The course was less than a mile. | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | facility, installation | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | golf course, links course, racecourse, racetrack, raceway, track | ||
English adverb: course | |||
| 1. | course as might be expected | ||
| Samples | Naturally, the lawyer sent us a huge bill. | ||
| Synonyms | naturally, of course | ||
| Antonyms | unnaturally | ||
English verb: course | |||
| 1. | course (motion) move swiftly through or over | ||
| Samples | Ships coursing the Atlantic. | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Something ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | cover, cross, cut across, cut through, get across, get over, pass over, track, traverse | ||
| 2. | course (motion) move along, of liquids | ||
| Samples | Water flowed into the cave. The Missouri feeds into the Mississippi. | ||
| Synonyms | feed, flow, run | ||
| Pattern of use | Something ----s. Something is ----ing PP | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | move | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | circulate, drain, dribble, eddy, filter, flush, gush, gutter, jet, ooze, pour, purl, run down, run off, run out, run out, seep, spill, stream, surge, swirl, tide, trickle, waste, well out, whirl, whirlpool | ||
| 3. | course (competition) hunt with hounds | ||
| Samples | He often courses hares. | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s. Somebody ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | hunt, hunt down, run, track down | ||
| Domain category | game | ||
Based on WordNet 3.0 copyright © Princeton University.
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