Dictionary entry details
• COURSE (noun)
Meaning:
Education imparted in a series of lessons or meetings
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Synonyms:
course; course of instruction; course of study; class
Context examples:
he took a course in basket weaving / flirting is not unknown in college classes
Hypernyms ("course" is a kind of...):
didactics; education; educational activity; instruction; pedagogy; teaching (the activities of educating or instructing; activities that impart knowledge or skill)
Meronyms (parts of "course"):
coursework (work assigned to and done by a student during a course of study; usually it is evaluated as part of the student's grade in the course)
lesson (a unit of instruction)
lecture; lecturing (teaching by giving a discourse on some subject (typically to a class))
class period; course session; recitation (a regularly scheduled session as part of a course of study)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "course"):
orientation; orientation course (a course introducing a new situation or environment)
propaedeutic; propaedeutics (a course that provides an introduction to an art or science (or to more advanced study generally))
refresher; refresher course (a course that reviews and updates a topic for those who have not kept abreast of developments)
required course (a course that all students are required to take)
seminar (a course offered for a small group of advanced students)
shop; shop class (a course of instruction in a trade (as carpentry or electricity))
workshop (a brief intensive course for a small group; emphasizes problem solving)
industrial arts (a course in the methods of using tools and machinery as taught in secondary schools and technical schools)
home study (a course of study carried out at home rather than in a classroom)
adult education (a course (via lectures or correspondence) for adults who are not otherwise engaged in formal study)
art class (a class in which you learn to draw or paint)
childbirth-preparation class (a course that teaches pregnant women to use breathing and concentration and exercise techniques to use during labor)
correspondence course (a course offered (by mail) by a correspondence school)
course of lectures (a series of lectures dealing with a subject)
elective; elective course (a course that the student can select from among alternatives)
extension course (a course offered as part of an extension service)
Meaning:
A connected series of events or actions or developments
Classified under:
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects
Synonyms:
course; line
Context examples:
the government took a firm course / historians can only point out those lines for which evidence is available
Hypernyms ("course" is a kind of...):
series (similar things placed in order or happening one after another)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "course"):
current; flow; stream (dominant course (suggestive of running water) of successive events or ideas)
Meaning:
Facility consisting of a circumscribed area of land or water laid out for a sport
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Context examples:
the course had only nine holes / the course was less than a mile
Hypernyms ("course" is a kind of...):
facility; installation (a building or place that provides a particular service or is used for a particular industry)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "course"):
golf course; links course (course consisting of a large landscaped area for playing golf)
racecourse; racetrack; raceway; track (a course over which races are run)
Meaning:
A mode of action
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Synonyms:
course of action; course
Context examples:
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
Hypernyms ("course" is a kind of...):
action (something done (usually as opposed to something said))
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "course"):
blind alley ((figurative) a course of action that is unproductive and offers no hope of improvement)
collision course (a course of action (following a given idea) that will lead to conflict if it continues unabated)
path; way; way of life (a course of conduct)
Meaning:
A line or route along which something travels or moves
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)
Synonyms:
track; path; course
Context examples:
the hurricane demolished houses in its path / the track of an animal / the course of the river
Hypernyms ("course" is a kind of...):
line (a spatial location defined by a real or imaginary unidimensional extent)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "course"):
trail (a track or mark left by something that has passed)
belt; swath (a path or strip (as cut by one course of mowing))
steps (the course along which a person has walked or is walking in)
round (the course along which communications spread)
inside track (the inner side of a curved racecourse)
collision course (a course of a moving object that will lead to a collision if it continues unchanged)
Meaning:
General line of orientation
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Synonyms:
trend; course
Context examples:
the river takes a southern course / the northeastern trend of the coast
Hypernyms ("course" is a kind of...):
direction; way (a line leading to a place or point)
Meaning:
Part of a meal served at one time
Classified under:
Nouns denoting foods and drinks
Context example:
she prepared a three course meal
Hypernyms ("course" is a kind of...):
aliment; alimentation; nourishment; nutriment; nutrition; sustenance; victuals (a source of materials to nourish the body)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "course"):
pud; pudding ((British) the dessert course of a meal ('pud' is used informally))
afters; dessert; sweet (a dish served as the last course of a meal)
appetiser; appetizer; starter (food or drink to stimulate the appetite (usually served before a meal or as the first course))
entree; main course (the principal dish of a meal)
Holonyms ("course" is a part of...):
meal; repast (the food served and eaten at one time)
Meaning:
(construction) a layer of masonry
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Synonyms:
row; course
Context example:
a course of bricks
Hypernyms ("course" is a kind of...):
bed; layer (single thickness of usually some homogeneous substance)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "course"):
row of bricks (a course of bricks place next to each other (usually in a straight line))
damp course; damp-proof course (a course of some impermeable material laid in the foundation walls of building near the ground to prevent dampness from rising into the building)
Holonyms ("course" is a part of...):
wall (an architectural partition with a height and length greater than its thickness; used to divide or enclose an area or to support another structure)
• COURSE (verb)
Meaning:
Move swiftly through or over
Classified under:
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming
Context example:
ships coursing the Atlantic
Hypernyms (to "course" is one way to...):
cover; cross; cut across; cut through; get across; get over; pass over; track; traverse (travel across or pass over)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Meaning:
Move along, of liquids
Classified under:
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming
Synonyms:
course; flow; run; feed
Context examples:
Water flowed into the cave / the Missouri feeds into the Mississippi
Hypernyms (to "course" is one way to...):
move (move so as to change position, perform a nontranslational motion)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "course"):
ooze; seep (pass gradually or leak through or as if through small openings)
drain; run out (flow off gradually)
dribble; filter; trickle (run or flow slowly, as in drops or in an unsteady stream)
stream; well out (flow freely and abundantly)
run out; spill (flow, run or fall out and become lost)
pour (flow in a spurt)
run down (move downward)
run off; waste (run off as waste)
eddy; purl; swirl; whirl; whirlpool (flow in a circular current, of liquids)
circulate (move through a space, circuit or system, returning to the starting point)
surge; tide (rise or move forward)
gush; jet (issue in a jet; come out in a jet; stream or spring forth)
flush (flow freely)
gutter (flow in small streams)
Sentence frames:
Something ----s
Something is ----ing PP
Meaning:
Hunt with hounds
Classified under:
Verbs of fighting, athletic activities
Context example:
He often courses hares
Hypernyms (to "course" is one way to...):
hunt; hunt down; run; track down (pursue for food or sport (as of wild animals))
Domain category:
game (a contest with rules to determine a winner)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something
• COURSE (adverb)
Meaning:
As might be expected
Synonyms:
course; naturally; of course
Context example:
naturally, the lawyer sent us a huge bill
