course

/kษ”ษนs/
noun
  1. 1

    A sequence of events.

    โ€œThe normal course of events seems to be just one damned thing after another.โ€

  2. 2

    A path that something or someone moves along.

    โ€œHis illness ran its course.โ€

  3. 3

    The lowest square sail in a fully rigged mast, often named according to the mast.

    โ€œMain course and mainsail are the same thing in a sailing ship.โ€

  4. 4

    (in the plural, courses) Menses.

  5. 5

    A row or file of objects.

  6. 6

    One or more strings on some musical instruments (such as the guitar, lute or vihuela): if multiple, then closely spaced, tuned in unison or octaves and intended to played together.

verb
  1. 1

    To run or flow (especially of liquids and more particularly blood).

    โ€œBlood pumped around the human body courses throughout all its veins and arteries.โ€

  2. 2

    To run through or over.

  3. 3

    To pursue by tracking or estimating the course taken by one's prey; to follow or chase after.

  4. 4

    To cause to chase after or pursue game.

    โ€œto course greyhounds after deerโ€

adverb
  1. 1

    In due course; as a matter of course, as a natural result.

  2. 2

    Naturally, as would be expected; for obvious reasons, obviously.

    โ€œOf course I know that!โ€

Source: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/course