The word course can mean:
- Course (navigation), the direction of travel
- Course (sail), the principal sail on a mast of a sailing vessel
- Course (education), in the United States, a unit of instruction in one subject, lasting one academic term
- Course of study, in the British Commonwealth, a programme of education leading to a degree or diploma
- Course of employment, a legal consideration of all circumstances which may occur in the performance of a person's job
- Course (medicine), a regime of medical drugs, or the speed of evolution of a disease
- Course (music), a pair of adjacent strings tuned to unison or an octave, in a stringed instrument
- Course (dining), a single dish in a series of subsequently served dishes, constituting, for example, a three-course menu. In Navigation, a course is the intended path of a vehicle over the surface of the Earth In Sailing, a course sail is the principal sail on a mast This term is used predominantly on Square rigged vessels referring to the largest and lowest sail on In US Education, a course is a unit of teaching that typically lasts one Academic term, is led by one or more instructors ( Teachers or Professors An academic major, major concentration, concentration, or simply major is mainly a U Course of employment is a legal consideration of all circumstances which may occur in the performance of a person's job especially during a period of time where specific objectives are In Medicine, a course of Medication is a period of continuous treatment with a drug sometimes with variable dosage A course is a pair or more of adjacent strings tuned to unison or an octave and usually played together as if a single string Main Course is the Bee Gees ' eleventh album released in 1975 and their last album to be released by Atlantic Records in the U
- Main course, the primary dish in a meal consisting of several courses
- Course (architecture), a continuous horizontal layer of similarly-sized building material, in a wall
- String course, a continuous narrow horizontal course or moulding which projects slightly from the surface of a wall
Course may also refer to:
- Golf course, an area of land designated for the play of golf
- Obstacle course, a series of challenging physical obstacles an individual or team must navigate for sport
See also
Main Course is the Bee Gees ' eleventh album released in 1975 and their last album to be released by Atlantic Records in the U course is a continuous horizontal layer of similarly-sized building material one unit high usually in a wall course is a continuous horizontal layer of similarly-sized building material one unit high usually in a wall A golf course consists of a series of holes each consisting of a Teeing ground, Fairway, rough and other hazards and a green with a pin and cup all designed for An obstacle course is a series of challenging physical obstacles an individual or team must navigate usually while being timed The Coursers are a group of Birds which together with the Pratincoles make up the family Glareolidae A courser is a swift and strong horse frequently used during the Middle Ages as a warhorse.
Dictionary
course
-noun
- An onward movement, progress.
- The itinerary of a race.
- A period of learning.
- A part of a meal.
- (sports) The trajectory of a ball, frisbee etc.
- (navigation) The direction of movement of a vessel at any given moment.
- (navigation) The intended passage of voyage, such as a boat, ship, airplane, spaceship, etc.
- (nautical) The lowest square sail in a fully rigged mast, often named according to the mast.
- (masonry) A row of bricks or blocks.
- The path taken by a waterway.
- (music) A string on a lute
- (jargon, textiles) In weft knitting, a single row of loops connecting the loops of the preceding and following rows.
-verb
- To run or flow (especially of liquids and more particularly blood).
- To pursue by tracking or estimating the course taken by one's prey.
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