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of course

UK/əv ˈkɔːs//əv ˈkɔɹs/

of course adjective: that is part of ordinary behaviour or custom; customary, natural.

Adjective

of course

  1. (now rare except in matter of course) That is part of ordinary behaviour or custom; customary, natural.
    • Had Francesca grown up by his side, she would have loved him; and a thousand indulgences, the result of careless good-nature, would have linked the child to the parent, till the mutual affection would have become a thing of course.1834, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter XVIII, in Francesca Carrara. […], volume III, London: Richard Bentley, […], (successor to Henry Colburn), →OCLC, page 147
    • I am not using a mere phrase of course, when I say that the feelings with which I bear a part in the ceremony of this day, are such as I find it difficult to utter in words.1849, Thomas Babington Macaulay, Miscellaneous Writings

Adverb

of course (not comparable)

  1. (archaic) In due course; as a matter of course; as a natural result.
    • He inspired love and emulation wherever he appeared; envy and jealous rage followed of course; so that he became a very desirable, though a very dangerous acquaintance.1751, [Tobias] Smollett, The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle […], volume (please specify |volume=I to IV), London: Harrison and Co., […], →OCLC
    • Not tarrying long enough in the brain to be subject to reflection, the next sensations, of course, obliterate them.1790, Mary Wollstonecraft, A Vindication of the Rights of Men
  2. Naturally; as would be expected; for obvious reasons, obviously.
    • Of course I know that!
    • You will of course surrender all your future rights to the property.

Interjection

  1. Indicates enthusiastic agreement.
    • Will you come with me? — Of course!
  2. Used to acknowledge thanks; a ritual reply to thank you.
    • Thank you! — Of course!

of course meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu

of course in Hindi

naturally
ज़रूर zarūr, अवश्य avaśya

of course in Tamil

இயல்பாக, ஐயத்திற்கிடமின்றி, ஐயத்திற்கு இடமின்றி, சொல்லவே வேண்டியதில்லை

of course in Marathi

of course, naturally
अर्थात arthāt

of course in Urdu

naturally
ضُرُور zurūr, ہَرْگِز hargiz, بِٱلْکُل bilkul
More languagesFewer languages
of course in Bengali
অবশ্য obośśo, অবশ্যই obośśoi, আলবৎ albot
of course in Malayalam
സ്വാഭാവികമായും, തീർച്ചയായും, നിശ്ചയമായി, തീർച്ചയായി
of course in Kannada
ಸಹಜವಾಗಿ
of course in Punjabi
ਜ਼ਰੂਰ zarūr
of course in Gujarati
ચોકસ cŏkas
of course in Nepali
अवश्य पनि avaśya pani
of course in Tagalog
siyempre, dili-hindi
of course in Arabic
طَبْعًا ṭabʕan
of course in Malay
sudah semestinya, sudah tentu
of course in Indonesian
tentu, iya lah, iya dong
of course in Thai
แน่นอน nɛ̂ɛ-nɔɔn
of course in Vietnamese
tất nhiên, dĩ nhiên
of course in Myanmar
ဟုတ်တာပေါ့ huttapau., ဒါပော့ dapau.

Examples of of course in a sentence

  • It was at one time made a question whether giving the royal assent to a single bill did not of course put an end to the session.1845, Henry John Stephen, New commentaries on the laws of England:
  • Oh, it's very picturesque, of course, but a straight spine and good grooming is better.[…]”1907 August, Robert W[illiam] Chambers, chapter IX, in The Younger Set, New York, N.Y.: D. Appleton & Company, →OCLC:
  • 'Twas locked, of course, but the Deacon man got a big bunch of keys out of his pocket and commenced to putter with the lock.1913, Joseph C[rosby] Lincoln, chapter XIII, in Mr. Pratt’s Patients, New York, N.Y.; London: D[aniel] Appleton and Company, →OCLC:
  • There were other flapper-era starlets, of course—Louise Brooks, Greta Garbo—but they were poseurs by comparison.2012, Christoper Zara, Tortured Artists: From Picasso and Monroe to Warhol and Winehouse, the Twisted Secrets of the World's Most Creative...

Synonyms of of course

All synonyms of of course

Forms of of course

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alternative formofcourse

Words formed from of course

Questions about of course

What does of course mean?
Of course means that is part of ordinary behaviour or custom; customary, natural.
What is of course in Hindi?
Of course in Hindi is ज़रूर (zarūr), अवश्य (avaśya). See Of course meaning in Hindi.
How do you use of course in a sentence?
It was at one time made a question whether giving the royal assent to a single bill did not of course put an end to the session.
What part of speech is of course?
Of course can be an adjective, an adverb or an interjection.
How do you pronounce of course?
Of course is pronounced /əv ˈkɔːs/ (UK).

Words near of course in the dictionary

  1. of choice
  2. of color
  3. of colour
  4. of consequence
  5. of counsel
  6. of course
  7. of course my horse
  8. of course, my horse
  9. of coz
  10. of even date
  11. of hers

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: of course (page history and authors); of course (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); अर्थात (Marathi) (page history and authors); of course (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license); of course (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ਜ਼ਰੂਰ (Punjabi) (page history and authors); ચોકસ (Gujarati) (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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