course
noun
[ kɔːs ]
• the route or direction followed by a ship, aircraft, road, or river.
• "the road adopts a tortuous course along the coast"
Similar:
route,
way,
track,
direction,
tack,
path,
line,
journey,
itinerary,
channel,
trail,
trajectory,
flight path,
bearing,
heading,
orbit,
circuit,
beat,
round,
run,
• 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"
• an area of land set aside and prepared for racing, golf, or another sport.
Similar:
track,
racetrack,
racecourse,
circuit,
ground,
stadium,
speedway,
velodrome,
route,
trail,
circus,
cirque,
• a series of lectures or lessons in a particular subject, leading to an examination or qualification.
• "a business studies course"
Similar:
programme of study,
course of study,
educational programme,
set of lectures,
curriculum,
syllabus,
schedule,
classes,
lectures,
studies,
• a continuous horizontal layer of brick, stone, or other material in a wall.
• a pursuit of game (especially hares) with greyhounds by sight rather than scent.
• a sail on the lowest yards of a square-rigged ship.
• a set of adjacent strings on a guitar, lute, etc., tuned to the same note.
course
verb
• (of liquid) move without obstruction; flow.
• "tears were coursing down her cheeks"
Similar:
flow,
pour,
race,
stream,
run,
rush,
gush,
pump,
move,
cascade,
flood,
surge,
sweep,
roll,
sloosh,
• pursue (game, especially hares) with greyhounds using sight rather than scent.
• "many of the hares coursed escaped unharmed"
Similar:
hunt,
chase,
pursue,
stalk,
run down,
run after,
give chase to,
follow,
track,
trail,
shadow,
hound,
dog,
tail,
Origin:
Middle English: from Old French cours, from Latin cursus, from curs- ‘run’, from the verb currere .
