Difference between revisions of "Course"
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==Etymology== | ==Etymology== | ||
− | [ | + | [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English], from Anglo-French curs, course, from [[Latin]] cursus, from currere to run |
*Date: [http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/14th_Century 14th century]] | *Date: [http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/14th_Century 14th century]] | ||
− | <center>Lessons on the related [[topic]] of '''''Path''''', follow [ | + | <center>Lessons on the related [[topic]] of '''''Path''''', follow [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Category:Path '''''this link'''''].</center> |
==Definitions== | ==Definitions== | ||
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:c : the lowest sail on a square-rigged mast | :c : the lowest sail on a square-rigged mast | ||
==Quote== | ==Quote== | ||
− | <center>[[Growth]] does not come from traveling on an easy road.[ | + | <center>[[Growth]] does not come from traveling on an easy road.[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=1993-11-03-Elyon#Progress.2C_Process]</center> |
==See also== | ==See also== | ||
*'''''[[Trail]]''''' | *'''''[[Trail]]''''' | ||
[[Category: General Reference]] | [[Category: General Reference]] |
Revision as of 22:14, 12 December 2020
Etymology
Middle English, from Anglo-French curs, course, from Latin cursus, from currere to run
- Date: 14th century]
Definitions
- 1 : the act or action of moving in a path from point to point
- 2 : the path over which something moves or extends: as a : racecourse
- b (1) : the direction of travel of a vehicle (as a ship or airplane) usually measured as a clockwise angle from north; also : the projected path of travel (2) : a point of the compass
- b : a chosen manner of conducting oneself : way of acting <our wisest course is to retreat>
- c (1) : progression through a development or period or a series of acts or events (2) : life history, career
- 4 : an ordered process or succession: as a : a number of lectures or other matter dealing with a subject; also : a series of such courses constituting a curriculum <a premed course>
- b : a series of doses or medications administered over a designated period
- 5 a : a part of a meal served at one time <the main course>
- b : layer; especially : a continuous level range of brick or masonry throughout a wall
- c : the lowest sail on a square-rigged mast