Word Definitions & Examples
noun
Sense 1
"if you persist in that course you will surely fail"
"once a nation is embarked on a course of action it becomes extremely difficult for any retraction to take place"
Type of:
action
verb
Sense 2
"ships coursing the Atlantic"
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
Somebody ----s somebody PP
verb
Sense 3
"He often courses hares"
Derived:
coursing
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
Domain:
game
noun
Sense 4
"the river takes a southern course"
"the northeastern trend of the coast"
noun
Sense 5
"the government took a firm course"
"historians can only point out those lines for which evidence is available"
Type of:
series
noun
Sense 6
"she prepared a three course meal"
noun
Sense 8
"the course had only nine holes"
"the course was less than a mile"
noun
Sense 9
"he took a course in basket weaving"
"flirting is not unknown in college classes"
noun
Sense 10
"the hurricane demolished houses in its path"
"the track of an animal"
"the course of the river"
Type of:
line
verb
Sense 12
"Water flowed into the cave"
"the Missouri feeds into the Mississippi"
Type of:
move
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something to somebody
Semantic Complexity
100%
Sense Count
12
Total Synonyms
0
Total Relationships
85
Times Searched
3
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