course

course
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noun
1 complete series of lessons or lectures
ADJECTIVE
computer, psychology, Spanish, etc.
crash, intensive
short
two-day, two-week, etc.
advanced, beginners', intermediate, introductory
college-level, graduate-level (both AmE)
day (BrE), evening (esp. BrE), night (AmE)
elective (AmE)

Psychology is offered as an elective course.

required (AmE)

Students take required courses in music theory and performance.

refresher, remedial

He enrolled in a remedial mathematics course.

induction (BrE)
training
correspondence, online, Web-based
external (BrE)
in-house (esp. BrE)
VERB + COURSE
attend, do, take

He took a crash course in Spanish.

enrol on (BrE), join (esp. BrE), sign up for
teach
offer, run

The school runs courses all year round.

design, develop

We have designed the course for students at all levels of ability.

complete, finish

She has completed a course in first aid.

pass
fail, flunk (informal, esp. AmE)
COURSE + VERB
run

The course runs from January till March.

consist of sth, cover sth, focus on sth, include sth

The course consists of both lectures and practical workshops.

PREPOSITION
course in

a course in art history

course on

a course on the development of capitalism

2 (esp. BrE) period of study at a college/university
ADJECTIVE
full-time, part-time
one-year, two-year, etc.
access (BrE), foundation (BrE)
graduate, postgraduate, undergraduate
degree, diploma, honours/honors

a joint-honours course in French and Russian (BrE)

mathematics, physics, psychology, etc.
academic
vocational
sandwich (BrE)
VERB + COURSE
offer, run

the only university in the UK to offer courses in computer games technology

complete, finish
drop out of
3 route/direction
VERB + COURSE
alter, change, reverse (esp. AmE)

The boat altered course during the storm.

chart, plot, set

We set course for Vancouver Island.

navigate, steer
follow

The path follows the course of the river.

resume

The plane resumed its original course.

PREPOSITION
off course

We're a long way off course.

on course

We're on course for our destination.

PHRASES
on a collision course

The two planes were on a collision course.

be blown off course

The boat was blown off course.

4 way of acting
ADJECTIVE
best, better
prudent

Taking action without knowing all the facts would not be a prudent course.

VERB + COURSE
adopt, choose, follow, pursue, steer, take

She shrewdly steered a middle course between the two factions.

It was the best course of action to take in the circumstances.

COURSE + VERB
be open to sb

It was the only course open to him.

PHRASES
a course of action
5 development of sth over a period of time
ADJECTIVE
natural, normal, usual

It's best to let things follow their natural course.

VERB + COURSE
change

an event that changed the course of his life

reverse (esp. AmE)

The dollar fell sharply for two days, and then reversed course.

affect, decide, determine, dictate, influence, shape

War has determined the course of much of human history.

follow, run, take

Her career followed a similar course to her sister's.

We could do nothing but let the disease run its course.

resume

Prices resumed their upward course.

PREPOSITION
during the course of

during the course of the war

in the course of

In the course of time, I began to understand.

PHRASES
the course of history

This was an event that changed the course of history.

in due course (= at the appropriate time; eventually)
in the normal course of events, in the ordinary course of events

In the normal course of events, you should get a reply by Monday.

let nature take its course

When the dog responded so badly to the treatment, we decided to let nature take its course (= stop treating it and let it die naturally).

6 part of a meal
ADJECTIVE
main
first, second, etc.
PREPOSITION
for a/the course

We had chicken for our main course.

7 in a sport/a race
ADJECTIVE
golf
nine-hole
obstacle, race (usually racecourse) (BrE) (racetrack in AmE)
VERB + COURSE
complete

Only ten yachts completed the course.

build, design
8 series of medical treatments
VERB + COURSE
give sb, put sb on

She's been put on a course of injections.

prescribe (sb)
take
complete, finish

If you are prescribed antibiotics, it's important to finish the course.

PREPOSITION
course of

a course of antibiotics

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verb
Course is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑adrenalin, ↑blood

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  • course — [ kurs ] n. f. • 1553; corse 1213; forme fém. de cours, d apr. it. corsa I ♦ 1 ♦ Action de courir; mode de locomotion dans lequel les phases d appui unilatéral sont séparées par un intervalle. ⇒ courir. Une course rapide. ⇒ galopade. Au pas de… …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • course — [kɔːs ǁ kɔːrs] noun [countable] especially BrE a series of classes or studies in a particular subject: • a one year journalism course correˈspondence ˌcourse a course in which the student works at home and sends completed work to their teacher by …   Financial and business terms

  • course — COURSE. s. f. Action, mouvement de celui qui court. Course légère. Longue course. Course pénible. Il est léger à la course, vite à la course. Prendre les lièvres, les chevreuils à la course. Les courses des Jeux Olympiques, etc. La course des… …   Dictionnaire de l'Académie Française 1798

  • course — Course. s. f. v. Action, mouvement de celuy qui court. Course legere. longue course. course penible. il est leger à la course. viste à la course. prendre les liévres, les chevreuils à la course. les courses des jeux olympiques &c. la course des… …   Dictionnaire de l'Académie française

  • Course — (k[=o]rs), n. [F. cours, course, L. cursus, fr. currere to run. See {Current}.] 1. The act of moving from one point to another; progress; passage. [1913 Webster] And when we had finished our course from Tyre, we came to Ptolemais. Acts xxi. 7.… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Course — can refer to: Course (navigation), the path of travel Course (sail), the principal sail on a mast of a sailing vessel Course (education), in the United States, a unit of instruction in one subject, lasting one academic term Course Atlas… …   Wikipedia

  • course — Course, f. penac. Est tant l acte hastif du Courier, Cursus. comme, Il est venu à grande course de cheval, AEqui cursu agitato aduolauit, que pour l espace et longitude du lieu où il a esté couru, comme, La course est longue et grande, Curriculum …   Thresor de la langue françoyse

  • course — I noun act, act of pursuing, action, activity, advance, approach, arrangment, attack, campaign, completion, conduct, customary manner of procedure, delivery, design, direction, effectuation, effort, employment, endeavor, evolution, execution,… …   Law dictionary

  • course — [kôrs] n. [ME cours & Fr course, both < OFr cours < L cursus, pp. of currere, to run: see CURRENT] 1. an onward movement; going on from one point to the next; progress 2. the progress or duration of time [in the course of a week] 3. a way,… …   English World dictionary

  • course — ► NOUN 1) a direction followed or intended: the aircraft changed course. 2) the way in which something progresses or develops: the course of history. 3) a procedure adopted to deal with a situation. 4) a dish forming one of the successive parts… …   English terms dictionary

  • course — late 13c., onward movement, from O.Fr. cors (12c.) course; run, running; flow of a river, from L. cursus a running race or course, from curs pp. stem of currere to run (see CURRENT (Cf. current)). Most extended senses (meals, etc.) are present in …   Etymology dictionary

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