· education imparted in a series of lessons or meetings; "he took a course in basket weaving"; "flirting is not unknown in college classes"
Synonym(s): course_of_study, course_of_instruction, class
Hypernym(s): education, instruction, teaching, pedagogy, didactics, educational_activity
· 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"
Synonym(s): line
Hypernym(s): series
· general line of orientation; "the river takes a southern course"; "the northeastern trend of the coast"
Synonym(s): trend
· 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"
Synonym(s): course_of_action
Hypernym(s): action
· 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"
Hypernym(s): line
· a body of students who are taught together; "early morning classes are always sleepy"
Synonym(s): class, form, grade
Hypernym(s): gathering, assemblage
· part of a meal served at one time; "she prepared a three course meal"
Hypernym(s): nutriment, nourishment, nutrition, sustenance, aliment, alimentation, victuals
· (construction) a layer of masonry; "a course of bricks"
Synonym(s): row
· 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"
Hypernym(s): facility, installation
· move swiftly through or over; "ships coursing the Atlantic"
Hypernym(s): traverse, track, cover, cross, pass_over, get_over, get_across, cut_through, cut_across
· move along, of liquids; "Water flowed into the cave"; "the Missouri feeds into the Mississippi"
Hypernym(s): move
· hunt with hounds; "He often courses hares"
Hypernym(s): hunt, run, hunt_down, track_down
· as might be expected; "naturally, the lawyer sent us a huge bill"
Synonym(s): naturally, of_course