Kilo Lingo

course

/kɔːs/

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Translation

A set of lessons about one subject that you take to learn something.

Word origin

From Latin cursus, meaning a running or a path, so a course is the path your learning follows.

Origin
Latin
Root
cursus

Grammar

Gender
Pluralcourses

Examples

English .

"Course" means a set of lessons about one subject.

lasts ten .

Here "course" is the run of lessons from start to end.

teaches .

"Courses" is the plural, meaning more than one course.

A "course" is a set of lessons about one subject. The same word can also mean a path or direction, as in "the course of a river", or one part of a meal.

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