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Meaning of course | Babel Free

Noun feminine CEFR A1 Common
kɔːs

Definitions

  1. Subject, course.
  2. A sequence of events.
  3. A sequence of events
  4. A normal or customary sequence.
  5. A normal or customary sequence
  6. Away from the planned or intended course.
  7. A programme, a chosen manner of proceeding.
  8. A programme, a chosen manner of proceeding
  9. At the proper or right time: Things will get better in due course.
  10. Any ordered process or sequence of steps.
  11. Any ordered process or sequence of steps
  12. Following the planned or intended course.
  13. A learning programme
  14. A learning programme a series of lectures or lessons in a particular subject
  15. To follow its natural progression or development: Should we let the illness run its course?
  16. a series of lectures or lessons in a particular subject
  17. To move freely as a liquid:circulate, flow, run, stream.
  18. an educational programme at a college or university leading to an academic degree or vocational qualification.
    Ireland, Philippines, UK
  19. during. In the course of our talk, he told me about the accident. in die loop van خِلال، أثْنـاء по време на durante během im Laufe i løbet af κατά τη διάρκειαdurante, en el curso de jooksul در جریان aikana au cours deבמהלך के दौरान tijekom folyamán selama meðan á (e-u) stendur nel corso di ~中で (~) 중에 per (kaut kā) laikā; gaitā semasa in de loop vani løpet av, under w trakcie په جریان کی durante în timpul в процессе počas, v priebehu med tokom under ... lopp, under ... gång ในระหว่าง sırasınd...
  20. A treatment plan.
    especially
  21. at the appropriate or normal time. In due course, this seed will grow into a tree. mettertyd في الوقْت المُناسِب، في حينِـه своевременно no devido tempo v pravý čas zur gegebenen Zeit med tiden; efterhånden εν καιρώ a su debido tiempo omal ajal به موقع خود ajallaan à la longue; en temps voulu בְּבוֹא הַזמָן वक्त आने पर u određeno vrijeme kellő időben pada saatnya þegar þar að kemur a tempo debito そのうちに 때가 되면 anksčiau ar vėliau, su laiku noteiktā laikā; pienācīgā kārtā lambat kaun te zijner ti...
  22. A stage of a meal.
  23. naturally or obviously. Of course, he didn't tell me any secrets; Of course I can swim. natuurlik طَبعا разбира се claro samozřejmě natürlich selvfølgelig φυσικάpor supuesto, claro, naturalmente muidugi طبیعتاً totta kai bien sûrכמובן बेशक naravno persze, természetesen tentu saja auðvitað naturalmente もちろん 물론 žinoma, aišku protams pastinya natuurlijkselvfølgelig, naturligvisoczywiście طبیعتاُ naturalmente bineînţeles конечно pravdaže, samozrejme seveda naravno naturligtvis อย่างเห็นชัด elbett...
  24. (not) heading in the right direction. to drift off course; We're back on course. van koers af; op koers بعيدا عن المَسار الصَّحيح извън/на правилната посока fora da/na rota (ne)správným směrem auf richtigem Kurs på gal kurs; på ret kurs εκτός πορείας, στη σωστή πορεία por el buen camino; por el mal camino kursist kõrvale kaldunud, õigel kursil در مسیر؛ خارج از مسیر reitillä, pois reitiltä hors du cap fixé; sur le bon cap לִסטוֹת सही दिशा में नही जाना, जाना sići s toka, pravca (nem) a helyes i...
  25. The succession of one to another in office or duty; order; turn.
  26. curso, dirección; tanda.
  27. A path that something or someone moves along.
  28. The itinerary of a race.
  29. A racecourse.
  30. The path taken by a flow of water; a watercourse.
  31. The trajectory of a ball, frisbee etc.
  32. A golf course.
  33. The direction of movement of a vessel at any given moment.
  34. The intended passage of voyage, such as a boat, ship, airplane, spaceship, etc.
  35. The drive usually frequented by Europeans at an Indian station.
    India, historical
  36. The lowest square sail in a fully rigged mast, often named according to the mast.
  37. Menses.
    euphemistic, in-plural, obsolete
  38. A row or file of objects.
  39. A row of bricks or blocks.
  40. A row of material that forms the roofing, waterproofing or flashing system.
  41. In weft knitting, a single row of loops connecting the loops of the preceding and following rows.
  42. One or more strings on some musical instruments (such as the guitar, lute or vihuela): if multiple, then closely spaced, tuned in unison or octaves and intended to be played together.

Equivalents

العربية الفصل
Български протичам ред ход я́дене
Čeština chod kura kurz postup protékat proudit téct
Cymraeg cwrs
Dansk bane kurs ret rulle skifte
Deutsch Bahn Fließen Gang Kurs Strecke
Esperanto trakuri
Gaeilge cúrsa réim
Gàidhlig iùl
Galego correr fiada
עברית ארח קורס
日本語 コース 航路
한국어 코스 항로
Kurdî bane fêl kurs kurs plato ret
Nederlands baan gang gerecht koers kuur parcours vloeien
Română fel
Svenska kurs rätt
Українська курс страва

Examples

“The normal course of events seems to be just one damned thing after another.”
“The course of true love never did run smooth.”
“Day and night, / Seedtime and harvest, heat and hoary frost, / Shall hold their course.”
“There is but one course for me to follow: I'LL MOIDER THE BUM!”
“Her course will be ‘Communication Studies with Theatre Studies’: God, how tedious, how pointless.”
“Since the launch early last year of […] two Silicon Valley start-ups offering free education through MOOCs, massive open online courses, the ivory towers of academia have been shaken to their foundations. University brands built in some cases over centuries have been forced to contemplate the possibility that information technology will rapidly make their existing business model obsolete.”
“I need to take a French course.”
“What's your course in university? —Business studies. And you?”
“During the whole time of his abode in the university he generally spent thirteen hours of the day in study; by which assiduity besides an exact dispatch of the whole course of philosophy, he read over in a manner all classic authors that are extant[…]”
“Miss Clark, alarmed at her increasing stoutness, was doing a course of what is popularly known as banting.”
“We offer seafood as the first course.”
“He appointed […] the courses of the priests.”
“His illness ran its course.”
“The cross-country course passes the canal.”
“The ship changed its course 15 degrees towards south.”
“A course was plotted to traverse the ocean.”
“It was curious to Oakfield to be back on the Ferozepore course, after a six months' interval, which seemed like years. How much had happened in these six months!”
“Main course and mainsail are the same thing in a sailing ship.”
“The bleeding body signifies as a shameful token of uncontrol, as a failure of physical self-mastery particularly associated with woman in her monthly "courses".”
“On a building that size, two crews could only lay two courses in a day.”

CEFR level

A1
Beginner
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