Word

course, n.
(courses)
freq. cnt. 100

education imparted in a series of lessons or meetings
<noun.act> freq. cnt.: 65 freq. cnt.: 61 freq. cnt.: 4

class course course of instruction course of study

sample sentences

"he took a course in basket weaving"
"flirting is not unknown in college classes"

semantic pointers

hypernym

education, instruction, teaching, educational activity, pedagogy, didactics

part meronym

coursework lesson lecturing, lecture course session, class period, recitation

hyponym

adult education art class childbirth-preparation class correspondence course course of lectures directed study elective course, elective extension course home study industrial arts orientation course, orientation propaedeutic, propaedeutics refresher course, refresher required course seminar shop class, shop workshop

a connected series of events or actions or developments
<noun.group> freq. cnt.: 22 freq. cnt.: 14 freq. cnt.: 8

course line

sample sentences

"the government took a firm course"
"historians can only point out those lines for which evidence is available"

semantic pointers

hypernym

series

hyponym

stream, flow, current

general line of orientation
<noun.location> freq. cnt.: 12 freq. cnt.: 11 freq. cnt.: 1

course trend

sample sentences

"the river takes a southern course"
"the northeastern trend of the coast"

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

course

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

trend

semantic pointers

hypernym

way, direction

a mode of action
<noun.act> freq. cnt.: 9 freq. cnt.: 9

course course of action

sample sentences

"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"

semantic pointers

hypernym

action

hyponym

blind alley collision course way, way of life, path