Main Entry:

¹course

Pronunciation:

\ˈkȯrs\

Function:

noun

Etymology:

Middle English, from Anglo-French curs, course, from Latin cursus, from currere to run — more at car

Date:

14th century

1: the act or action of moving in a path from point to point2: the path over which something moves or extends: as a: racecourse b (1): the direction of travel of a vehicle (as a ship or airplane) usually measured as a clockwise angle from north ; also : the projected path of travel (2): a point of the compass c: watercourse d: golf course 3 a: accustomed procedure or normal action <the law taking its course> b: a chosen manner of conducting oneself : way of acting <our wisest course is to retreat> c (1): progression through a development or period or a series of acts or events (2): life history, career4: an ordered process or succession: as a: a number of lectures or other matter dealing with a subject ; also : a series of such courses constituting a curriculum <a premed course> b: a series of doses or medications administered over a designated period 5 a: a part of a meal served at one time <the main course> b: layer ; especially : a continuous level range of brick or masonry throughout a wall c: the lowest sail on a square-rigged mast

— in due course

: after a normal passage of time : in the expected or allotted time <his discoveries led in due course to new forms of treatment>

— of course

1: following the ordinary way or procedure <will be done as a matter of course>2: as might be expected <of course we will go>