2006-12-14 09:16:30 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Education & Reference ➔ Homework Help
The path a river follows, or a class that a college or school offers.
2006-12-14 09:19:22 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
course
NOUN:
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.
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.
VERB:
coursed , cours·ing , cours·es
VERB:
tr.
To move swiftly through or over; traverse: ships coursing the seas.
To hunt (game) with hounds.
To set (hounds) to chase game.
VERB:
intr.
To proceed or move swiftly along a specified course: "Big tears now coursed down her face" (Iris Murdoch).
To hunt game with hounds.
IDIOMS:
in due course
At the proper or right time.
of course
In the natural or expected order of things; naturally.
Without any doubt; certainly.
2006-12-14 09:26:53 · answer #2 · answered by ♥chelley♥ 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It can be part of a series of lessons as in a 'typing course'.
It can be an area within boundaries as in 'golf course'.
It can be the route a river takes as in the 'river course'.
It can be part of giving permission as in 'of course you may'.
It can be part of a meal as in the 'main course'..................
2006-12-14 09:26:15 · answer #3 · answered by thomasrobinsonantonio 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A class... like in Middle School, Course 1= 6th grade, or 6th grade level; Course2= 7th grade; Course3=8th grade (YAY!!!)
2006-12-14 09:22:40 · answer #4 · answered by Caroline 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
a mode of action; "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"
2006-12-14 09:24:46 · answer #5 · answered by ale 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A course or row of brick when you are building a brick wall.
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2006-12-14 09:23:39 · answer #6 · answered by truthhandl3r 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋