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# course

«course» in Mova's school dictionary: **a set of lessons on a subject: «a swimming course»** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (a course, courses); adverb phrase «of course»; verb (course, courses, coursed, coursing — rare, of liquids)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A course is a set of lessons on a subject: «a swimming course». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/course/#m1)

2) A course is a part of a meal: «The main course was pasta.» [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/course/#m2)

3) A course is the path or direction something follows, like a river or a ship. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/course/#m3)

4) A course is an area for a sport or race: a golf course, an obstacle course. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/course/#m4)

5) «Of course» means «yes, certainly» or «as you would expect». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/course/#m5)

6) To course means to flow fast: «Tears coursed down her cheeks.» [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/course/#m6)

### sense in the lessons

At school a course is a set of lessons, and in maths or science a course of action is a plan. In everyday life meals have courses (starter, main course, dessert). On sports day there is an obstacle course; golf is played on a golf course. In stories ships and rivers change course. Phrases: «of course», «of course not», «in the course of», «a course of action», «on course», «off course», «in due course», «main course», «golf course».

### examples

- I am doing a first-aid course this summer. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/course/#x1)
- «Can you help me?» «Of course!» [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/course/#x2)
- The main course was roast chicken. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/course/#x3)
- The river changes course after heavy rain. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/course/#x4)
- We ran round the obstacle course on sports day. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/course/#x5)
- The plane was blown off course by the storm. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/course/#x6)
- Of course, you need to show your working in maths. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/course/#x7)
- In the course of the week we read three books. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/course/#x8)
- Of course it was a Friday. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/course/#x9)

### note

Countable: courses. Homophone trap: «course» (lessons, path, of course) and «coarse» (rough, not smooth) sound the same. «Of course» is two words. Saying «of course» can sound rude if the other person did not know — «Yes, sure» can be kinder.

### In the corpora

- [This is the last lesson of the course.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/ai/30-who-you-are-what-you-will-do/0/)
- [Squirrels are skilled acrobats that solve puzzles to reach bird feeders, and some people build squirrel obstacle courses for fun.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/215-foxes-and-squirrels/14/)
- [This is the last lesson of the course, so it gathers the big ideas once more.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/300-the-big-biology-quiz-part-3-dinosaurs-evolution-conservation-and-food/0/)
- [They film what happens, even when it is sad, because nature has to take its course.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/394-how-nature-documentaries-are-made-hides-camera-traps-drones-and-years-of-waiting/6/)
- [Of course, nobody gets any drier.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/books/5-alice-ch3-part1-a-caucus-race/2/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «course» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/course/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.