· education imparted in a series of lessons or meetings; "he took a course in basket weaving"; "flirting is not unknown in college classes"

Synonym(s): course_of_study, course_of_instruction, class

Hypernym(s): education, instruction, teaching, pedagogy, didactics, educational_activity

· 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"

Synonym(s): line

Hypernym(s): series

· general line of orientation; "the river takes a southern course"; "the northeastern trend of the coast"

Synonym(s): trend

Hypernym(s): direction, way

· 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"

Synonym(s): course_of_action

Hypernym(s): action

· 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"

Synonym(s): path, track

Hypernym(s): line

· a body of students who are taught together; "early morning classes are always sleepy"

Synonym(s): class, form, grade

Hypernym(s): gathering, assemblage

· part of a meal served at one time; "she prepared a three course meal"

Hypernym(s): nutriment, nourishment, nutrition, sustenance, aliment, alimentation, victuals

· (construction) a layer of masonry; "a course of bricks"

Synonym(s): row

Hypernym(s): layer, bed

· facility consisting of 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"

Hypernym(s): facility, installation

· move swiftly through or over; "ships coursing the Atlantic"

Hypernym(s): traverse, track, cover, cross, pass_over, get_over, get_across, cut_through, cut_across

· move along, of liquids; "Water flowed into the cave"; "the Missouri feeds into the Mississippi"

Synonym(s): run, flow, feed

Hypernym(s): move

· hunt with hounds; "He often courses hares"

Hypernym(s): hunt, run, hunt_down, track_down

· as might be expected; "naturally, the lawyer sent us a huge bill"

Synonym(s): naturally, of_course