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course par

course par is the alternative form of par for the course.

Meaning of par for the course

Adjective

par for the course (not generally comparable, comparative more par for the course, superlative most par for the course)

  1. (idiomatic, not comparable, usually) Normal; common; to be expected. (Often connotes something undesirable).
    • It took a long time to finish, but that's par for the course on a project like this.

Questions about course par

What is course par the alternative form of?
Course par is the alternative form of par for the course.

Words near course par in the dictionary

  1. course landaise
  2. course load
  3. course loads
  4. course of action
  5. course of events
  6. course par
  7. course to steer
  8. course work
  9. course-correct
  10. course-corrected
  11. course-correcting

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Adapted from Wiktionary: course par (page history and authors); par for the course (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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