course

course [kôrs]

n.

[ME cours & Fr course, both < OFr cours < L cursus, pp. of currere, to run: see CURRENT]

1. an onward movement; going on from one point to the next; progress

2. the progress or duration of time [in the course of a week]

3. a way, path, or channel of movement; specif.,

a) the course to be followed by participants in a race

b) GOLF COURSE

4. the direction taken, esp. that taken or to be taken by a ship or plane, expressed in degrees measured clockwise from north or by points of the compass

5.

a) a regular manner of procedure [the law must take its course]

b) a way of behaving; mode of conduct [our wisest course]

6.

a) a series of like things in some regular order

b) a particular succession of events or actions

7. regular or natural order or development [the course of true love]

8. a part of a meal served at one time [the main course was roast beef]

9. an encounter of knights contesting in a tournament

10. a horizontal row or layer, as of bricks in a wall or shingles on a roof

11. Educ.

a) a complete series of studies leading to graduation or a degree

b) any of the separate units of instruction in a subject, made up of recitations, lectures, etc.

12. Naut. a sail on any of the lowest yards of a square-rigged ship

vt.

coursed, coursing

1. to run or chase after; pursue

2. to cause (esp. hunting hounds) to chase

3. to run through or over; traverse

vi.

to move swiftly; run or race

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in due course

in the usual or proper sequence (of events)

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in the course of

in the progress or process of; during

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of course

1. as is or was to be expected; naturally

2. certainly; without doubt

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on course or off course

moving (or not moving) in the intended direction