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Added 4 October 2026

course

/kɔːs/ noun

In Latin: cursus Wiktionary

noun Definition from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA). Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about course at Wordnik → Where our words come from →

A sequence of events.
The normal course of events seems to be just one damned thing after another.
A normal or customary sequence.
A programme, a chosen manner of proceeding.
Doubts arose about the expediency of such a course in the present crisis.

verb

To run or flow (especially of liquids and more particularly blood).
The oil coursed through the engine.
To run through or over.
To pursue by tracking or estimating the course taken by one's prey; to follow or chase after.

adverb

Ellipsis of of course.

Origin

From Middle English cours, from Old French cours, from Latin cursus (“course of a race”), from currō (“run”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ḱers- (“to run”). Doublet of cursus and cour.

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