## Meanings
1. A series of lessons or classes on a particular subject.
2. One part of a meal served at one time.
3. A plan or way of doing something.
4. The direction something moves in.
5. An area of land laid out for a sport such as golf or racing.

## Examples
- I took a course in basket weaving.
- They prepared a three-course meal.
- If you continue on that course, you will surely fail.
- The river takes a southern course toward the sea.
- The course had only nine holes.

## Derived Forms
- aftercourse
- course-correct
- coursebook
- courseless
- courselike
- courseload
- coursemate
- coursepack
- courseware
- coursework
- cross-course
- double-course

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: *ḱers-
- Root: cours
- Root: cursus

## 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.

## AI Etymology
course comes 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. The historical chain includes Proto-Indo-European *ḱers-, Middle English cours, Old French cours, Latin cursus. Current senses include A series of lessons or classes on a particular subject and One part of a meal served at one time. English relatives and later formations include aftercourse, course-correct, coursebook.

## Topics
- Education & Learning

markdown

course

Meanings

Thesaurus

Common collocations

Etymology

Topics

External links

Keyboard Shortcuts

General

Send feedback