| NOUN | act | course, course of study, course of instruction, class | education imparted in a series of lessons or meetings |
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| group | course, line | a connected series of events or actions or developments | |
| location | course, trend | general line of orientation | |
| act | course, course of action | a mode of action | |
| object | course, path, track | a line or route along which something travels or moves | |
| group | course, class, form, grade | a body of students who are taught together | |
| food | course | part of a meal served at one time | |
| artifact | course, row | (construction) a layer of masonry | |
| artifact | course | facility consisting of a circumscribed area of land or water laid out for a sport | |
| VERB | motion | course | move swiftly through or over |
| motion | course, run, flow, feed | move along, of liquids / liquids | |
| competition | course | hunt with hounds | |
| ADVERB | all | course, naturally, of course | as might be expected |
| Sounds | kao'rs | |
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| Rhymes | airforce ... workhorse: 29 rhymes with aors... | |
| Meaning | A connected series of events or actions or developments. | |
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| Example | "the government took a firm course" | |
| Synonym | line | |
| Narrower | stream, flow, current | dominant course (suggestive of running water) of successive events or ideas |
| Broader | series | Similar things placed in order or happening one after another |
| Spanish | curso, hilera, línea, transcurso, trayectoria, trazado | |
| Catalan | curs, línia, trajectòria | |
| Meaning | general line of orientation. | |
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| Example | "the river takes a southern course" | |
| Synonym | trend | |
| Broader | direction, way | A line leading to a place or point |
| Spanish | curso, tendencia, trazado | |
| Catalan | curs, traçat | |
| Verbs | course | move along, of liquids / liquids |
| Meaning | A mode of action. | |
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| Examples |
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| Synonym | course of action | |
| Narrower | blind alley | (figurative) a course of action that is unproductive and offers no hope of improvement |
| collision course | A course of action (following a given idea) that will lead to conflict / conflict / conflict if it continues unabated | |
| way, path, way of life | A course of conduct | |
| Broader | action | Something done (usually as opposed to something said) |
| Spanish | curso | |
| Catalan | camí | |
| Meaning | A line or route along which something travels or moves. | |
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| Example | "the course of the river" | |
| Synonyms | path, track | |
| Narrower | collision course | A course of a moving object that will lead to a collision if it continues unchanged |
| inside track | The inner side of a curved racecourse | |
| round | The course along which communications spread | |
| steps | The course along which a person has walked or is walking in | |
| swath, belt | A path or strip (as cut by one course of mowing) | |
| trail | A track or mark left by something that has passed | |
| Broader | line | A spatial location defined by a real or imaginary unidimensional extent |
| Spanish | camino, curso, dirección, trayectoria | |
| Catalan | camí, curs, direcció, trajectòria | |
| Verbs | course | move swiftly through or over |
| Meaning | A body of students who are taught together. | |
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| Synonyms | class, form, grade | |
| Narrower | master class | A class (especially in music) given to talented students by an expert |
| section, discussion section | A small class of students who are part of a larger course but are taught separately | |
| Broader | gathering, assemblage | A group of persons together in one place |
| Spanish | clase, curso | |
| Catalan | classe, curs, grau | |
| Meaning | Part of a meal served at one time. | |
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| Example | "she prepared a three course meal" | |
| Part of | meal, repast | The food served and eaten at one time |
| Narrower | appetizer, appetiser, starter | Food or drink to stimulate the appetite (usually served before a meal or as the first course) |
| dessert, sweet, afters | A dish served as the last course of a meal | |
| entree, main course | The principal dish of a meal | |
| Broader | nutriment, nourishment, nutrition, sustenance, aliment, alimentation, victuals | A source of materials to nourish the body |
| Spanish | plato, ruta | |
| Catalan | plat, ruta | |
| Meaning | (construction) a layer of masonry. | |
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| Example | "a course of bricks" | |
| Synonym | row | |
| Part of | wall | An architectural partition with a height and length greater than its thickness |
| Narrower | damp-proof course, damp course | A course of some impermeable material laid in the foundation walls of building near the ground to prevent dampness from rising into the building |
| row of bricks | A course of bricks place next to each other (usually in a straight line) | |
| Broader | layer, bed | Single thickness of usually some homogeneous substance |
| Spanish | fila, hilada, hilera | |
| Catalan | filada | |
| Meaning | facility consisting of a circumscribed area of land or water laid out for a sport. | |
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| Examples |
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| Narrower | golf course, links course | course consisting of a large landscaped area for playing golf |
| racetrack, racecourse, raceway, track | A course over which races are run | |
| Broader | facility, installation | A building or place that provides a particular service or is used for a particular industry |
| Spanish | campo, pista, terreno de juego | |
| Catalan | camp, pista, terreny de joc | |
| Meaning | As might be expected. | |
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| Synonyms | naturally, of course | |
| Opposite | unnaturally | In a manner at variance with what is natural or normal |
| Spanish | claro, desde luego, naturalmente, por supuesto | |
| Catalan | és clar, naturalment | |
| Meaning | Move swiftly through or over. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something | |
| Broader | traverse, track, cover, cross, pass over, get over, get across, cut through, cut across | Travel across or pass over |
| Nouns | course | a line or route along which something travels or moves |
| Meaning | Move along, of liquids / liquids. | |
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| Pattern | Something ----s; Something is ----ing PP | |
| Synonyms | run, flow, feed | |
| Caused by | flow | Cause to flow |
| flush | Cause to flow or flood with or as if with water | |
| pour | Cause to run | |
| Entailed by | overflow, overrun, well over, run over, brim over | Flow or run over (a limit or brim) |
| Narrower | circulate | Move through a space, circuit or system, returning to the starting point |
| drain, run out | flow off gradually | |
| eddy, purl, whirlpool, swirl, whirl | Flow in a circular current, of liquids / liquids | |
| flush | Flow freely | |
| gutter | Flow in small streams | |
| jet, gush | issue in a jet | |
| pour | Flow in a spurt | |
| run down | Move downward | |
| seep, ooze | Pass gradually or leak through or as if through small openings | |
| spill, run out | Flow, run or fall out and become lost | |
| stream, well out | Flow freely and abundantly | |
| tide, surge | Rise or move forward | |
| trickle, dribble, filter | Run or flow slowly, as in drops or in an unsteady stream | |
| waste, run off | run off as waste | |
| Broader | move | Move so as to change position, perform a nontranslational motion |
| Spanish | alimentar, correr, crecer, fluir, manar | |
| Catalan | alimentar, brollar, córrer, créixer, fluir, manar, rajar | |
| Nouns | course | general line of orientation |
| Meaning | hunt with hounds. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s; Somebody ----s something | |
| Example | "He often courses hares" | |
| Category | game | A contest with rules to determine a winner |
| Broader | hunt, run, hunt down, track down | pursue for food or sport (as of wild animals) |
| Spanish | cazar | |
| Nouns | coursing | hunting with dogs (usually greyhounds) that are trained to chase game (such as hares) by sight instead of by scent |
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