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course

The correct spelling is course.

How to pronounce course

/kɔːs/
noun

IPA: /kɔːs/

Say it like: Cow-rse

The correct spelling is course. A sequence of events. For example: "The normal course of events seems to be just one damned thing after another."

Usage Examples

The normal course of events seems to be just one damned thing after another.

His illness ran its course.

Main course and mainsail are the same thing in a sailing ship.

Meanings

noun

  1. 1.A sequence of events.
  2. 2.A path that something or someone moves along.
  3. 3.The lowest square sail in a fully rigged mast, often named according to the mast.
  4. 4.(in the plural, courses) Menses.
  5. 5.A row or file of objects.

verb

  1. 1.To run or flow (especially of liquids and more particularly blood).
  2. 2.To run through or over.
  3. 3.To pursue by tracking or estimating the course taken by one's prey; to follow or chase after.
  4. 4.To cause to chase after or pursue game.

adverb

  1. 1.In due course; as a matter of course, as a natural result.
  2. 2.Naturally, as would be expected; for obvious reasons, obviously.

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