course

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Estimated CEFR level: A1 — Beginner

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun education imparted in a series of lessons or meetings
  2. noun a connected series of events or actions or developments
  3. noun general line of orientation

Etymology

From Middle English cours, from Old French cours, from Latin cursus (“course of a race”), from currō (“run”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ḱers- (“to run”). Doublet of cursus and cour.

In classic literature

Synonyms

course of study, course of instruction, class

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