definition of
course

[1] #1 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". wn

[2] #2 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". wn

[3] #3 course n. [trend] general line of orientation; "the river takes a southern course"; "the northeastern trend of the coast". wn

[4] #4 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". wn

[5] #5 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". wn