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[kɔːs] noun [C] I
1) a series of lessons or lectures in an academic subject or a practical skill
a drama/secretarial/Spanish course[/ex]
You could do a language course abroad.[/ex]
The school runs courses for beginners.[/ex]
She's on a management course this week.[/ex]
an introductory course in economics[/ex]
2) the direction that a ship or plane is travelling in
The captain had to change course quickly.[/ex]
3) the things that you choose to do in a particular situation
What course of action do you recommend?[/ex]
4) the way that things develop over a period of time
In the normal course of events, he would have left on time.[/ex]
a speech that changed the course of history[/ex]
5) one of the parts of a meal
We both chose fish as our main course.[/ex]
6) British
a medical treatment that someone is given over a period of time
a course of antibiotics[/ex]
7) an area where a race or sport takes place
a golf/race course[/ex]
•
in/during/over the course of sth — while something is happening or continuing[/ex]
In the course of the morning I learned a lot about the project.[/ex]
on course for sth; on course to do sth — very likely to achieve something or to have a particular result[/ex]
run/take its course — to develop in the usual way and stop naturally[/ex]
We have to let the illness run its course.[/ex]
See:
due I,
of course
II
adv
spoken course [kɔːs]
of course

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