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minicourse

minicourse noun: a brief educational course.

Noun

minicourse (plural minicourses)

  1. A brief educational course.
    • A day trip to Chesterton can be a self-guided minicourse in midwestern architecture, thanks to a survey of Porter County sites and structures published by the Historic Landmarks Foundation of Indiana.1995 April 7, Deanna Isaacs, “Chesterton, IN”, in Chicago Reader
    • […] financial incentives would help lure dozens of New York University professors — and not just those interested in the Middle East — to the Abu Dhabi campus even if only for a semester or a January minicourse.2007 August 31, Tamar Lewin, “N.Y.U. Plans a Branch in Abu Dhabi, Officials Say”, in New York Times
  2. A short course or route, for example in the game of golf.

Forms of minicourse

pluralminicourses

Origin of minicourse

From mini- + course.

Questions about minicourse

What does minicourse mean?
Minicourse means a brief educational course.
What part of speech is minicourse?
Minicourse is a noun.
What is the plural of minicourse?
The plural of minicourse is minicourses.

Words near minicourse in the dictionary

  1. minicorders
  2. minicore
  3. minicores
  4. minicosm
  5. minicosms
  6. minicourse
  7. minicourses
  8. Minicoy
  9. minicrane
  10. minicranes
  11. minicraniectomies

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