'course

Noun

course (plural courses)

1. A sequence of events.
   • The normal course of events seems to be just one damned thing after another.
   1. A normal or customary sequence.
      • The course of true love never did run smooth.c. 1595–1596 (date written), William Shakespeare, “A Midsommer Nights Dreame”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies: Published According to the True Originall Copies (First...
   2. A programme, a chosen manner of proceeding.
      • Doubts arose about the expediency of such a course in the present crisis.
   3. Any ordered process or sequence of steps.
      • There is but one course for me to follow: I'LL MOIDER THE BUM!1958 September 6, Weasel While You Work, spoken by the Barnyard Dawg
   4. A learning programme
      • Her course will be ‘Communication Studies with Theatre Studies’: God, how tedious, how pointless.1992 August 21, Edwina Currie, Diary
   5. a series of lectures or lessons in a particular subject
      • I need to take a French course.

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