Definition: 1. Education imparted in a series of lessons or class meetings. 2. A series of lessons or lectures on a particular subject. 3. A mode of action. 4. A connected series of events or actions or developments.
Use 'course' in a sentence:
1. The oldest president in American history had stayed the course for two terms.
2. Ben, of course, was the last to arrive.
3. This course for bridge players with some experience is intended as a follow-on to the Beginners' course.
4. These events changed the course of history.
5. The course is approved by the Department for Education.
6. Students have a free choice of courses in their final year.
7. This course is designed so that students can progress at their own speed.
8. Training involves a two-year residential course.
9. We try to make these training courses as realistic as possible.
10. The new textbook is in course of preparation.
11. The diploma course would offer remote access to course materials via the Internet's world wide web.
12. He freewheeled back down the course.
13. The course lasts five weeks.
14. As for the imprisoned leaders, he asserted that justice would have to take its course.
15. Of course I didn't do it! What do you take me for?
16. She is planning to take a computer course.
17. Of course, this is just a personal opinion.
18. The course allows students to progress at their own speed.
19. Of course I'm not afraid!
20. In the course of the 1930s steel production in Britain approximately doubled.
21. In the normal course of events she would have gone with him.
22. The main course was roast duck.
23. I took a correspondence course in computing.
24. They estimated that between 17,000 and 20,000 cows would die before the epidemic had run its course.
25. We always check people's addresses as a matter of course.
26. The first lecture introduces students to the main topics of the course.
27. The course has a strong practical bias.
28. What is the level of this course?
29. Par for the course is 72.
30. The ill fated ship was sent off course into shallow waters and rammed by another vessel.
31. There were only three of us on the advanced course.
32. England are well on course for a place at the World Cup Finals.
33. The president appears likely to change course on some key issues.
34. The new degree and the existing certificate courses would run in parallel.
35. In the natural course of events cows would wish to be milked more than twice a day.
36. The tears coursed down his cheeks.
37. We struck up a conversation, in the course of which it emerged that he was a sailing man.
38. "He was lying, of course."—"Not necessarily."
39. In due course the baby was born.
40. The professor previewed the course for us.
41. In the course of time, many of their myths become entangled.
42. Our ship changed course.
43. Practical experience is integral to the course.
44. The content of the course depends on what the students would like to study.
45. The course offers options in design and computing.
46. If police are carrying arms as a matter of course then doesn't it encourage criminals to carry them?
47. Just let nature take its course.
48. I took a cordon bleu cookery course.
49. The course is essentially theoretical in orientation.
50. They set a course for the islands.
51. Each course comprises 10-12 informal weekly meetings.
52. "I guess you're right."—"Of course I'm right!"
53. When you're sitting still, you need less blood coursing through your arteries.
54. What is the best course of action in the circumstances?
55. The company is on course for profits of £20m in the next financial year.
56. There are various courses open to us.
57. The path follows the course of the river.
58. What books have been set for the English course?
59. This unit is now an established part of the course.
60. Most people went on training courses of one sort or another last year.
61. The course has a vocational emphasis.
62. Romantic chateaux and castles overlook the river's twisting course.
63. He set a new course record.
64. You need three A levels to get onto this university course.
