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course

  • noun
  • kôs

A sequence of events.

Example

“The normal course of events seems to be just one damned thing after another.”

Other meanings

  1. A normal or customary sequence.

  2. A programme, a chosen manner of proceeding.

Synonyms

  • line

Example sentences

  • “Well, it's horses for courses, isn't it?”

    Tatoeba · deniko · CC0

  • “This last statement is true, of course.”

    Tatoeba · shekitten · CC0

  • “Of course they didn't tell you about that.”

    Tatoeba · Miktsoanit · CC0

Word history

From Latin "cursus" (course of a race).

Where this comes from

This definition is adapted from “course” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.