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course n. [
course of study, course of instruction, class] education imparted in a series of lessons or meetings; "he took a course in basket weaving"; "flirting is not unknown in college classes"
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course n. [
line] a connected series of events or actions or developments; "the government took a firm course"; "historians can only point out those lines for which evidence is available"
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course n. [
trend] general line of orientation; "the river takes a southern course"; "the northeastern trend of the coast"
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course n. [
course of action] a mode of action; "if you persist in that course you will surely fail"; "once a nation is embarked on a course of action it becomes extremely difficult for any retraction to take place"
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course n. [
path, track] 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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