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course [kɔːs] n 1. a continuous progression from one point to the next in time or space; onward movement the course of his life 2. a route or direction followed they kept on a southerly course 3. (Earth Sciences / Physical Geography) a. the path or channel along which something moves the course of a river b. (in combination) a watercourse 4. (General Sporting Terms) an area or stretch of land or water on which a sport is played or a race is run a golf course 5. a period of time; duration in the course of the next hour 6. the usual order of and time required for a sequence of events; regular procedure the illness ran its course 7. a mode of conduct or action if you follow that course, you will fail 8. a connected series of events, actions, etc. 9. (Social Science / Education) a. a prescribed number of lessons, lectures, etc., in an educational curriculum b. the material covered in such a curriculum 10. (Medicine) a prescribed regimen to be followed for a specific period of time a course of treatment 11. (Cookery) a part of a meal served at one time the fish course 12. (Miscellaneous Technologies / Building) a continuous, usually horizontal, layer of building material, such as a row of bricks, tiles, etc. 13. (Transport / Nautical Terms) Nautical any of the sails on the lowest yards of a square-rigged ship 14. (Clothing, Personal Arts & Crafts / Knitting & Sewing) Knitting the horizontal rows of stitches Compare wale1 [2b] 15. (Historical Terms) (in medieval Europe) a charge by knights in a tournament 16. (Individual Sports & Recreations / Hunting) a. a hunt by hounds relying on sight rather than scent b. a match in which two greyhounds compete in chasing a hare 17. (Music, other) the part or function assigned to an individual bell in a set of changes 18. (Individual Sports & Recreations / Athletics (Track & Field)) Archaic a running race as a matter of course as a natural or normal consequence, mode of action, or event the course of nature the ordinary course of events in course of in the process of the ship was in course of construction in due course at some future time, esp the natural or appropriate time of course a. (adverb) as expected; naturally b. (sentence substitute) certainly; definitely run (or take) its course (of something) to complete its development or action vb 1. (intr) to run, race, or flow, esp swiftly and without interruption 2. (Individual Sports & Recreations / Hunting) to cause (hounds) to hunt by sight rather than scent or (of hounds) to hunt (a quarry) thus 3. (tr) to run through or over; traverse 4. (intr) to take a direction; proceed on a course See also courses [from Old French cours, from Latin cursus a running, from currere to run] The intended direction of movement in the horizontal plane. ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
course noun 1. route, way, line, road, track, channel, direction, path, passage, trail, orbit, tack, trajectory For nearly four hours we maintained our course northwards. 2. procedure, plan, policy, programme, method, conduct, behaviour, manner, mode, regimen Resignation is the only course left open to him. 3. progression, order, unfolding, development, movement, advance, progress, flow, sequence, succession, continuity, advancement, furtherance, march a series of naval battles which altered the course of history 4. classes, course of study, programme, schedule, lectures, curriculum, studies I'll shortly be beginning a course on the modern novel. 5. racecourse, race, circuit, cinder track, lap On the Tour de France, 200 cyclists cover a course of 2,000 miles. verb 1. run, flow, stream, gush, race, speed, surge, dash, tumble, scud, move apace The tears coursed down his cheeks. 2. hunt, follow, chase, pursue New muzzling regulations for dogs coursing hares have been introduced. in due course in time, finally, eventually, in the end, sooner or later, in the course of time I hope that it will be possible in due course. of course naturally, certainly, obviously, definitely, undoubtedly, needless to say, without a doubt, indubitably There'll be the usual inquiry, of course. Translations course [kɔːs] A. N 1. (= route, direction) [of ship, plane] → rumbo m; [of river] → curso m; [of planet] → órbita f on a southerly course → con rumbo sur to change course (lit) → cambiar de rumbo the government has changed course on Europe → el gobierno ha dado un nuevo rumbo or giro a su política con respecto a Europa to be/go off course (lit, fig) → haberse desviado/desviarse de su rumbo the plane was 300 miles off course → el avión se había desviado 300 millas de su rumbo the boat was blown off course → el viento desvió al barco de su rumbo we are on course for victory → vamos bien encaminados para la victoria to plot a course (for Jamaica) → trazar el rumbo(para ir a Jamaica) to set (a) course for (Naut) → poner rumbo a see also collision 2. (= line of action) I'd advise you not to follow that course → te aconsejaría que no escogieras ese camino the best course would be to → lo mejor sería ... we have to decide on the best course of action → tenemos que decidir cuáles son las mejores medidas a tomar it's the only course left open to him → es la única opción que le queda 3. (= process) → curso m it changed the course of history/of her life → cambió el curso de la historia/de su vida in the normal or ordinary course of events → normalmente in the course of in the course of my work → en el cumplimiento de mi trabajo in the course of conversation → en el curso or transcurso de la conversación in or during the course of the next few days → en el curso de los próximos días in or during the course of the journey → durante el viaje to let things take or run their course → dejar que las cosas sigan su curso see also due A3 see also event 1 see also matter A5 4. of course → claro, desde luego, por supuesto, cómo no(esp LAm), sí pues(S. Cone) of course! I should have known → ¡pero si está claro! me lo tenía que haber imaginado "can I have a drink?" - "of course you can" → -¿puedo tomar algo de beber? -claro or desde luego or por supuesto que sí I've read about her in the papers, of course → por supuesto, la conozco de los periódicos of course, I may be wrong → claro que puedo estar confundido of course not! (answering) → ¡claro que no!, ¡por supuesto que no! "can I go?" - "of course not or of course you can't" → -¿puedo ir? -claro que no or ni hablar or por supuesto que no 5. (Scol, Univ) → curso m to go on a course → ir a hacer un curso a course in business administration → un curso de administración de empresas short course → cursillo m course of study (gen) → estudios mpl (Univ) → carrera f, estudios mpl to take or do a course in or on sth → hacer un curso de algo 6. (Med) (= regimen) she was put on a course of steroids → le recetaron esteroides, le pusieron un tratamiento a base de esteroides a course of treatment → un tratamiento 7. (Sport) (= distance) → recorrido m; (= surface) → pista f; (= racecourse) → hipódromo m golf course → campo m or (S. Cone) cancha f (de golf) to stay the course → no cejar, aguantar hasta el final see also obstacle 10. (Constr) (= layer) [of bricks] → hilada f B. VI [water, air] → correr; [tears] → rodar; [sweat] → caer (fig) [emotion] → invadir it sent the blood coursing through his veins → hacía que la sangre corriera por sus venas rage/relief coursed through him → le invadió la ira/una sensación de alivio C. VT (Hunting) (o.f.) → cazar D. CPD course work N → trabajos mpl (para clase) course [ˈkɔːrs] n of course adv → bien sûr Do you love me? - Of course I do! → Tu m'aimes? - Bien sûr que oui! of course not!, no of course not! → bien sûr que non!, évidemment que non! (= route) [ship] → route f to be on course [ship, aircraft] → suivre son cap to be off course [ship, aircraft] → dévier de son cap to be on course for sth [person] → être en bonne voie pour qch to run its course, to take its course [disease, process] → suivre son cours to stay the course (= complete enterprise) [person] → tenir jusqu'au bout (= option) → solution f we have no other course but to ... → nous n'avons pas d'autre solution que de ... to take a course → choisir une solution the best course would be to ... → le mieux serait de ... course of action [river] → cours m (= lessons) → cours m a French course → un cours de français to go on a course (= training course) → faire un stage course of lectures → série f de conférences (also golf course) → terrain m (also race course) (for horses) → champ m de courses, hippodrome m; (for cars) → circuit m; (for runners) → piste f (= part of meal) → plat m the next course → le plat suivant the main course → le plat principal the first course → l'entrée [events, history] → cours m in the course of prep (= during) → au cours de in the course of the next few days → au cours des prochains jours in the course of time (= eventually) → avec le temps in due course → en temps utile, en temps voulu as a matter of course (= routinely) → automatiquement course book n → manuel m course fees n (for university) → frais mpl de scolarité course of action n → ligne f de conduite course requirements n (for university) conditions requises pour être admis à suivre des cours à l'université course work coursework [ˈkɔːrswɜːrk] n (= students' work) → devoirs mpl course1 n (= direction, path, of plane, ship) → Kurs m; (of river) → Lauf m; (fig, of illness, relationship) → Verlauf m; (of history) → Lauf m; (of action etc, = way of proceeding) → Vorgehensweise f; to set (one’s) course for a place → Kurs auf einen Ort nehmen; to change or alter course → den Kurs wechseln or ändern; to be on/off course → auf Kurs sein/vom Kurs abgekommen sein; to be on course for something (fig) → gute Aussichten auf etw (acc) → haben; to let something take or run its course → einer Sache (dat) → ihren Lauf lassen, etw (acc) → seinen Lauf nehmen lassen; the affair has run its course → die Angelegenheit ist zu einem Ende gekommen; the course of true love ne’er did run smooth (prov) → Liebe geht oft seltsame Wege (prov); which course of action did you take? → wie sind Sie vorgegangen?; that was an unwise course of action → es war unklug, so vorzugehen; the best course (of action) would be … → das Beste wäre …; we have no other course (of action) but to … → es bleibt uns nicht anderes übrig als zu …; to take a middle course → einen gemäßigten Kurs einschlagen in the course of his life/the next few weeks/the meeting etc → während seines Lebens/der nächsten paar Wochen/der Versammlung etc; in the course of time/the conversation → im Laufe der Zeit/Unterhaltung; it’s in the course of being done → es wird gerade gemacht; in the course of shaving → beim Rasieren; in the ordinary course of things, you could expect … → unter normalen Umständen könnte man erwarten …; to be in the course of nature → in der Natur der Sache liegen ? due of course (= admittedly) → natürlich; (= naturally, obviously also) → selbstverständlich; of course! → natürlich!, selbstverständlich!, klar! (inf); of course I will! → aber natürlich or selbstverständlich!; of course I’m coming → natürlich or selbstverständlich komme ich, klar, ich komme; don’t you like me? — of course I do → magst du mich nicht? — doch, natürlich; he’s rather young, of course, but … → er ist natürlich ziemlich jung, aber … (Sch, Univ) → Studium nt; (= summer course etc) → Kurs(us) m; (at work) → Lehrgang m; (Med, of treatment) → Kur f; to go on a French course → einen Französischkurs(us) besuchen; a course in first aid → ein Kurs über Erste Hilfe, ein Erste-Hilfe-Kurs; a course of lectures, a lecture course → eine Vorlesungsreihe; a course of pills/treatment → eine Pillenkur/eine Behandlung (Sport: = race course) → Kurs m; (= golf course) → Platz m; to stay or last the course (fig) → bis zum Ende durchhalten (Build) → Schicht f (Naut, = sail) → Untersegel nt course2 course [kɔːs] 1. n a. of course → naturalmente, ovviamente → senz'altro yes, of course! → sì, certo! (no) of course not! → certo che no!, no di certo! of course you can → certo che puoi of course I won't do it → certo che non lo farò b. (Scol, Univ) → corso to take a course in French → seguire un corso di francese a course of lectures on a subject → una serie di conferenze or lezioni su un argomento a course of treatment (Med) → una cura c. (part of meal) → piatto, portata a three-course meal → un pasto di tre portate first course → primo piatto d. (route, of ship) → rotta; (of river) → corso; (of planet) → orbita to set course for (Naut) → far rotta per to change course (Naut) (fig) → cambiare rotta to go off course → deviare dalla rotta to hold one's course → seguire or mantenere la rotta to take/follow a course of action (fig) → imboccare/seguire una politica we have no other course but to ... → non possiamo far altro che... there are two courses open to us → abbiamo due possibilità the best course would be to ... → la cosa migliore sarebbe... to let things/events take or run their course → lasciare che le cose/gli eventi seguano il loro corso as a matter of course → come una cosa scontata e. (duration) in the course of (life, disease, events) → nel corso di in due course → a tempo debito in the course of time → col passare del tempo in the normal or ordinary course of events → normalmente in (the) course of construction → in (via di) costruzione in the course of the next few days → nel corso dei prossimi giorni 2. vi (water, tears) → scorrere it sent the blood coursing through his veins → gli ha rimescolato il sangue nelle vene n course [koːs] 1 a series (of lectures, medicines etc) I'm taking a course (of lectures) in sociology; He's having a course of treatment for his leg. kursus دَوره، حَلقَة دِراسيّـه курс kurs, kůra kursus; række der Kurs σειρά μαθημάτων curso kursus, ravikuur دوره آموزشی kurssi cours, série de קוּרְס दवा, लेक्चर इत्यादि की श्रृंखला kura kurzus, tanfolyam, sorozat serangkaian námskeið; meðferð corso; serie 連続 과정 kursas kurss; cikls kursus reeks, kuur kurs; kur kurs, seria curso cursă; cură курс kurz, kúra tečaj; zdravljenje kurs kurs, []kur ชุดหนึ่ง ders, kurs 課程,療程 курс دَور، نصاب quá trình 课程,疗程 2 a division or part of a meal Now we've had the soup, what's (for) the next course? gang جُزء مِن وَجبَه، لَون مِن طَعّام блюдо chod ret der Gang πιάτο, μέρος γεύματος plato käik وعده غذایی ruokalaji plat מָנָה खाने का एक हिस्सा dio obroka fogás (étel) hidangan réttur piatto, portata 食事の一品 (식사) 코스 patiekalas ēdiens hidangan gang rett danie prato fel (de mâncare) блюдо chod jed jelo rätt อาหารจานหนึ่ง başlangıç, (ana) yemek 一道菜 страва دور طعام، كهانے كا دور một món trong bữa ăn 一道菜 3 the ground over which a race is run or a game (especially golf) is played a racecourse; a golf-course. baan طَـريق، مَـسار игрище hřiště bane feste Bahn πίστα, στίβος campo, pista rada, väljak زمین مسابقه kenttä terrain מַסְלוּל मैदान igralište, teren (verseny)pálya lapangan völlur campo, pista 競技コース (경기) 코스 trasa, aikštė, kortas trase; korts padang baan bane boisko, tor pista teren дорожка; площадка ihrisko dirkališče; igrišče teren bana สนามสำหรับเล่นกีฬา เช่น สนามกอล์ฟ parkur, yarış pisti, oyun alanı 跑道,(高爾夫)球場 трек; майданчик گهوڑ دوڑ یا گولف كا ميدان sân chơi 比赛场 4 the path or direction in which something moves the course of the Nile. rigting مَجْـرى ход cesta, směr retning; løb der Weg ροή, πέρασμα curso kulg, jooks مسیر؛ راستا kulku, juoksu cours מַסְלוּל मार्ग tijek, smjer (út)irány jalur rás, farvegur corso 方向 방향 kryptis, maršrutas, kursas, vaga virziens laluan loop bane, kurs, rute bieg curso curs (de apă) течение kurz tok tok kurs, lopp เส้นทาง yol, rota, yön 行進路線或方向 напрям; течія راستہ، گزرگاہ chiều hướng 行进方向 5 the progress or development of events Things will run their normal course despite the strike. gang سَـيْـر الأحداث развитие (prů)běh forløb der Lauf πορεία curso rada, käik روند؛ جریان طبیعی kulku cours מַהֲלָך घटनाक्रम tijek folyamat perkembangan gangur corso 成り行き 진행 kelias, linkmė, raida gaita; norise gang løp, gang tryb curso curs курс priebeh, chod potek tok gång, förlopp ลำดับของเหตุการณ์ gidiş 事件的進展或發展 хід; курс رفتار حالات tiến trình 进程 6 a way (of action) What's the best course of action in the circumstances? handelswyse طَـريـقَـه линия на поведение postup fremgangsmåde; vejen frem die Handlungsweise τρόπος ενέργειας camino, modo de proceder teguviis نحوه؛ طرز menettelytapa ligne de conduite דֶרֶך कार्रवाई का तरीका tijek zbivanja teendő cara leið condotta 進路 방침 būdas rīcības veids tindakan manier vei, kurs, forløp sposób postępowania direcção mod (de a acţiona) линия поведения priebeh postopek tok []sätt, []sätt แนวทางปฏิบัติ hareket tarzı, eylem biçimi (行動)方式 порядок; поведінка راستہ đường lối hành động 行动方法 in the course of during In the course of our talk, he told me about the accident. in die loop van خِلال، أثْنـاء по време на během i løbet af im Laufe κατά τη διάρκεια durante, en el curso de jooksul در جریان jonkin aikana au cours de בְּמַהֲלָך 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 van i løpet av, under w trakcie durante în timpul в процессе počas, v priebehu med tokom under ... lopp, under ... gång ในระหว่าง sırasında, esnasında 在...的過程中 протягом دوران trong lúc 在...的过程中 in due course at the appropriate or normal time In due course, this seed will grow into a tree. mettertyd في الوقْت المُناسِب، في حينِـه своевременно v pravý čas med tiden; efterhånden zur gegebenen Zeit εν καιρώ a su debido tiempo omal ajal به موقع خود aikanaan 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 tijd i rett tid, når tida er inne, i sin tid we właściwym czasie na devida altura la timpul potrivit в своё время keď nadíde čas, v príhodnú dobu v pravem času u datom roku i sinom tid เวลาที่เหมาะสม vakti gelince, uygun zamanda 適時地,屆時 в належний час اپنے وقت پر đúng lúc 及时地 of course naturally or obviously Of course, he didn't tell me any secrets; Of course I can swim. natuurlik طَبعا разбира се samozřejmě selvfølgelig natürlich φυσικά por supuesto, claro, naturalmente muidugi طبیعتاً tietenkin bien sûr כָּמוּבָן बेशक naravno persze, természetesen tentu saja auðvitað naturalmente もちろん 물론 žinoma, aišku protams pastinya natuurlijk selvfølgelig, naturligvis oczywiście naturalmente bineînţeles конечно pravdaže, samozrejme seveda naravno naturligtvis อย่างเห็นชัด elbette, tabiî 當然 звичайно, авжеж يقيناً، بلا شبہ dĩ nhiên 当然 off, on course (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 (ne)správným směrem på gal kurs; på ret kurs auf richtigem Kurs εκτός πορείας, στη σωστή πορεία por el buen camino; por el mal camino kursist kõrvale kaldunud, õigel kursil در مسیر؛ خارج از مسیر poissa kurssista, oikeassa kurssissa hors du cap fixé; sur le bon cap לִסטוֹת सही दिशा में नही जाना, जाना sići s toka, pravca (nem) a helyes irányba(n) mencabang á réttri/rangri leið fuori rotta, in rotta 正しい方向に [] 진로를 벗어나/ 진로대로 (nukrypęs) nuo kurso, besilaikantis nustatyto kurso nepareizā/pareizā virzienā; novirzīties no kursa; uzņemt pareizo kursu kembali ke landasan yang betul uit de koers, in de koers ute av kurs/bane; på rett vei poza kursem, na kursie fora da,na rota certa pe/în direcţia greşită/bună (не) по курсу nesprávnym / správnym smerom iz prave smeri; v pravi smeri držati kurs ur kurs/på rätt kurs ตามทิศทางที่ถูกต้อง rotadan çıkmış/rotasında 偏離/保持正確方向 (не) за курсом راستہ پر یا راستہ سے باهر chệch/đúng hướng 在(不在)规定的轨道上 course → دَوْرَة تعليمية kurz kurs Kurs σειρά μαθημάτων curso kurssi cours tečaj corso コース 과정 cursus kurs kurs curso курс kurs หลักสูตร kurs khóa học 课程 Want to thank TFD for its existence? 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