course
education imparted in a series of lessons or meetings
How often you will meet it
Rank 234 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 96,822 times across 173,643 chapters — 0.046% of every word in the library.
It belongs to the first 500 words, the band worth learning before any other.
What it means
noun
- education imparted in a series of lessons or meetings also: course of study, course of instruction, class he took a course in basket weavingflirting is not unknown in college classes
- a connected series of events or actions or developments also: line the government took a firm coursehistorians can only point out those lines for which evidence is available
- general line of orientation also: trend the river takes a southern coursethe northeastern trend of the coast
- a mode of action also: course of action if you persist in that course you will surely failonce a nation is embarked on a course of action it becomes extremely difficult for any retraction to take place
- a line or route along which something travels or moves also: path, track the hurricane demolished houses in its paththe track of an animal
- a body of students who are taught together also: class, form, grade early morning classes are always sleepy
course in real books
Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.
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Of course not, because each separate case should decide itself.
Christian's Mistake · Dinah Maria Mulock Craik · Chapter 1
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Gluck told them his story, of which, of course, they did not believe a word.
Famous Stories Every Child Should Know · Hamilton Wright [Editor] Mabie · Chapter 1
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John, of course, good fellow though he is, could hardly be called a brilliant conversationalist.
The Mysterious Affair at Styles · Agatha Christie · Chapter 1
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It is, perhaps, the most critical single day of the four years' course at the University.
The Courage of the Commonplace · Mary Raymond Shipman Andrews · Chapter 1
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Why, my dear Basil, he is a Narcissus, and you—well, of course you have an intellectual expression and all that.
The Picture of Dorian Gray · Oscar Wilde · Chapter 1