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cours

cours is the obsolete form of course.

Meaning of 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.

See all 29 meanings of course

Noun

cours

  1. three-month unit of television broadcasting corresponding to a natural season.

Forms of cours

pluralcourses

Origin of cours

From French cours in analogy to Japanese クール (kūru), originally singular (as dictated by Anime News Network for example) but later reanalyzed as a plural form.

Phrases with cours

Questions about cours

What does cours mean?
Cours means three-month unit of television broadcasting corresponding to a natural season.
What is cours the obsolete form of?
Cours is the obsolete form of course.
What part of speech is cours?
Cours is a noun.
What is the plural of cours?
The plural of cours is courses.

Words near cours in the dictionary

  1. Cournoyers
  2. Cournut
  3. courol
  4. courols
  5. Couronian
  6. cours
  7. cours d'honneur
  8. course
  9. course authoring tool
  10. course authoring tools
  11. course book

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