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Meaning of course

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  course
      adv 1: as might be expected; "naturally, the lawyer sent us a
             huge bill" [syn: {naturally}, {of course}, {course}]
             [ant: {unnaturally}]
      n 1: education imparted in a series of lessons or meetings; "he
           took a course in basket weaving"; "flirting is not unknown
           in college classes" [syn: {course}, {course of study},
           {course of instruction}, {class}]
      2: a connected series of events or actions or developments; "the
         government took a firm course"; "historians can only point
         out those lines for which evidence is available" [syn:
         {course}, {line}]
      3: general line of orientation; "the river takes a southern
         course"; "the northeastern trend of the coast" [syn:
         {course}, {trend}]
      4: 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" [syn: {course}, {course of action}]
      5: a line or route along which something travels or moves; "the
         hurricane demolished houses in its path"; "the track of an
         animal"; "the course of the river" [syn: {path}, {track},
         {course}]
      6: a body of students who are taught together; "early morning
         classes are always sleepy" [syn: {class}, {form}, {grade},
         {course}]
      7: part of a meal served at one time; "she prepared a three
         course meal"
      8: (construction) a layer of masonry; "a course of bricks" [syn:
         {course}, {row}]
      9: facility consisting of a circumscribed area of land or water
         laid out for a sport; "the course had only nine holes"; "the
         course was less than a mile"
      v 1: move swiftly through or over; "ships coursing the Atlantic"
      2: move along, of liquids; "Water flowed into the cave"; "the
         Missouri feeds into the Mississippi" [syn: {run}, {flow},
         {feed}, {course}]
      3: hunt with hounds; "He often courses hares"

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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