Course

Quick meaning: Course is a noun meaning A sequence of events.

Meaning

A sequence of events.

More Meanings

1. A path that something or someone moves along.
2. (nautical) The lowest square sail in a fully rigged mast, often named according to the mast.
3. (in the plural, courses, obsolete, euphemistic) Menses.
4. A row or file of objects.
5. To run or flow (especially of liquids and more particularly blood).
6. (transitive) To run through or over.
7. (music) One or more strings on some musical instruments (such as the guitar, lute or vihuela): if multiple, then closely spaced, tuned in unison or octaves and intended to be played together.

Example Sentences

His illness ran its course.

The oil coursed through the engine.

Main course and mainsail are the same thing in a sailing ship.

The normal course of events seems to be just one damned thing after another.

Word Forms

• courses
• coursing
• coursed

Synonyms for course

Depending on context, synonyms include line, flow, run, track, naturally, class.

Antonyms for course

Common opposites include unnaturally.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include naturally, trend, class, row, run, line.

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