Course
Definition
(v) : To flow, move quickly, or spread strongly, like a river (rare).
Example
"(n) : I joined a computer course."
"(n) : Students must complete a language course to graduate from university successfully."
"(v) : The river coursed through the valley after the storm."
Explanation
Course has several uses. It can mean a series of lessons (like a cooking course), a direction or path (the course of a river), or a part of a meal (main course, dessert course). It can also describe the natural development of events, like “the course of time.” In education, a course is a set of classes on a subject. In sports, it can mean the track (golf course, racecourse). For example, she took a driving course or the river changed its course. As a verb, it means to flow or move quickly, like blood coursing through veins or rivers coursing through valleys.