course
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(noun) a mode of action; "if you persist in that course you will surely fail" |
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Related Words: action, path, way, way of life |
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(noun) education imparted in a series of lessons or class meetings; "he took a course in basket weaving"; "flirting is not unknown in college classes" |
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Synonyms: class, course of instruction, course of study |
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Related Words: adult education, art class, correspondence course, course of lectures, education, educational activity, extension course, instruction, orientation, orientation course, pedagogy, refresher, refresher course, seminar, teaching, workshop |
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(noun) a circumscribed area of land or water laid out for a sport; "the course had only nine holes"; "the course was less than a mile" |
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Related Words: facility, golf course, golf links, installation, links, racecourse, racetrack, raceway, track |
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(noun) a layer of masonry; "a course of bricks" |
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Synonyms: row |
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Related Words: layer, row of bricks |
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(noun) part of a meal served at one time; "she prepared a three course meal" |
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Related Words: aliment, alimentation, appetizer, dessert, entree, main course, nourishment, nutriment, sustenance, sweet, victuals |
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(noun) a connected series of events or actions or developments; "the government took a firm course" or "historians can only point out those lines for which evidence is available" |
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Synonyms: line |
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Related Words: current, flow, series, stream |
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(noun) general line of orientation: "the river takes a southern course"; "the northeastern trend of the coast" |
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Synonyms: trend |
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Related Words: direction, way |
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(adverb) as might be expected; "naturally, the lawyer sent us a huge bill" |
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Synonyms: naturally, of course |
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(verb) move along, of liquids; "Water flowed into the cave" |
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Synonyms: flow, run |
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Related Words: circulate, drain, dribble, eddy, filter, flush, gurge, gush, gutter, jet, move, ooze, pour, purl, run down, run off, run out, seep, spill, stream, surge, swirl, tide, trickle, waste, well out, whirl, whirlpool |
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(noun) a line or route along which something travels or moves: "the hurricane demolished houses in its path"; "the track of an animal"; "the course of the river" |
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Synonyms: path, track |
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Related Words: belt, inside track, line, round, steps, swath, trail |
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