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==Etymology==
[http://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]]
==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
*3 a : accustomed [[Process|procedure]] or [[normal]] [[action]] <the [[law]] taking its course>
: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 [[Sequence|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
[[Category: General Reference]]
==Etymology==
[http://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]]
==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
*3 a : accustomed [[Process|procedure]] or [[normal]] [[action]] <the [[law]] taking its course>
: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 [[Sequence|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
[[Category: General Reference]]