course

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   a mode of action

   if you persist in that course you will surely fail

2. 2
   noun

   education imparted in a series of lessons or meetings

   I took a course in basket weaving.

3. 3
   noun

   facility consisting of a circumscribed area of land or water laid out for a sport

   the course had only nine holes

4. 4
   noun

   a layer of masonry, in construction

   The mason started with a course of bricks for the wall.

5. 5
   noun

   part of a meal served at one time

   They prepared a three course meal.

6. 6
   noun

   a connected series of events or actions or developments

   the government took a firm course

7. 7
   noun

   general line of orientation

   the river takes a southern course

8. 8
   verb

   to hunt with hounds

   They often course hares, but the practice has been waning in recent years.

Etymology

From Middle English cours, from Old French cours, from Latin cursus (“course of a race”), from currō (“run”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ḱers- (“to run”). Doublet of cursus and cour.