/kɔːs/
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
Examples
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"Course" means a set of lessons about one subject.
lasts .
Here "course" is the run of lessons from start to end.
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"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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