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course
English
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) enPR: kôs, IPA(key): /k??s/
- (General American) enPR: kôrs, IPA(key): /k???s/, /k??s/
- (rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger) enPR: k?rs, IPA(key): /ko(?)?s/
- (non-rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger) IPA(key): /ko?s/
- (Tasmania) IPA(key): /k??s/
- Homophone: coarse; curse (Tasmania)
- Rhymes: -??(?)s, -??(?)s (Tasmania)
Etymology 1
From Middle English cours, from Old French cours, from Latin cursus (“course of a race”), from curr? (“run”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *?ers- (“to run”). Doublet of cursus.
Noun
course (plural courses)
- A sequence of events.
- A normal or customary sequence.
- A programme, a chosen manner of proceeding.
- Any ordered process or sequence of steps.
- A learning programme, whether a single class or (Britain) a major area of study.
- 1661, John Fell, The Life of the most learned, reverend and pious Dr. H. Hammond
- During the whole time of his abode in the university he generally spent thirteen hours of the day in study; by which assiduity besides an exact dispatch of the whole course of philosophy, he read over in a manner all classic authors that are extant […]
- 1992 August 21, Edwina Currie, Diary:
- Her course will be ‘Communication Studies with Theatre Studies’: God, how tedious, how pointless.
- 1661, John Fell, The Life of the most learned, reverend and pious Dr. H. Hammond
- (especially in medicine) A treatment plan.
- 1932, Agatha Christie, The Thirteen Problems
- Miss Clark, alarmed at her increasing stoutness, was doing a course of what is popularly known as banting.
- 1932, Agatha Christie, The Thirteen Problems
- A stage of a meal.
- The succession of one to another in office or duty; order; turn.
- He appointed […] the courses of the priests.
- A normal or customary sequence.
- A path that something or someone moves along.
- The itinerary of a race.
- A racecourse.
- The path taken by a flow of water; a watercourse.
- (sports) The trajectory of a ball, frisbee etc.
- (golf) A golf course.
- (nautical) The direction of movement of a vessel at any given moment.
- (navigation) The intended passage of voyage, such as a boat, ship, airplane, spaceship, etc.
- The itinerary of a race.
- (nautical) The lowest square sail in a fully rigged mast, often named according to the mast.
- (in the plural, courses, obsolete, euphemistic) Menses.
- A row or file of objects.
- (masonry) A row of bricks or blocks.
- (roofing) A row of material that forms the roofing, waterproofing or flashing system.
- (textiles) In weft knitting, a single row of loops connecting the loops of the preceding and following rows.
- (masonry) A row of bricks or blocks.
- (music) 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.
Hyponyms
- bird course
- crash course
- due course
- massive open online course (MOOC)
Derived terms
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Translations
Verb
course (third-person singular simple present courses, present participle coursing, simple past and past participle coursed)
- To run or flow (especially of liquids and more particularly blood).
- The oil coursed through the engine.
- Blood pumped around the human body courses throughout all its veins and arteries.
- 2013, Martina Hyde, "Is the pope Catholic?", The Guardian, 20 September 2013[1]
- He is a South American, so perhaps revolutionary spirit courses through Francis's veins. But what, pray, does the Catholic church want with doubt?
- (transitive) To run through or over.
- (transitive) To pursue by tracking or estimating the course taken by one's prey; to follow or chase after.
- (transitive) To cause to chase after or pursue game.
- to course greyhounds after deer
Translations
Etymology 2
Clipping of of course
Adverb
course (not comparable)
- (colloquial) Alternative form of of course
Anagrams
- Couser, Crouse, Crusoe, cerous, coures, crouse, source
French
Etymology
From Old French cours, from Latin cursus (“course of a race”), from curr? (“run”), with influence of Italian corsa.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ku?s/
Noun
course f (plural courses)
- run, running
- race
- errand
Usage notes
- course is a false friend, it does not mean "course". To translate the English word course to French, use cours.
Derived terms
Descendants
- ? Romanian: curs?
Further reading
- “course” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Anagrams
- coeurs, cœurs
- coures
- écrous
- source
Norman
Etymology
From Old French cours, from Latin cursus (“course of a race”), from curr? (“run”).
Noun
course f (plural courses)
- (Jersey) course
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access
English
Etymology 1
- First attested in the early 14th century.
- (entrance): First attested about 1380.
- From Middle English accesse, acces, from Middle French acces (“attack, onslaught”) or from its source Latin accessus, perfect passive participle of acc?d? (“approach; accede”), from ad (“to, toward, at”) + c?d? (“move, yield”). Doublet of accessus.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?æks?s/
- (General American) enPR: ?k?s?s', IPA(key): /?æk?s?s/
- Hyphenation: ac?cess
Noun
access (countable and uncountable, plural accesses)
- (uncountable) A way or means of approaching or entering; an entrance; a passage.
- 1667, John Milton, Paradise Lost
- All access was thronged.
- 1667, John Milton, Paradise Lost
- (uncountable) The act of approaching or entering; an advance.
- (uncountable) The right or ability of approaching or entering; admittance; admission; accessibility.
- (uncountable) The quality of being easy to approach or enter.
- c. 1600, William Shakespeare, The Tragedy of Hamlet Act 2 Scene 1
- I did repel his fetters, and denied His access to me. - Shakespeare, Hamlet, II-i
- c. 1600, William Shakespeare, The Tragedy of Hamlet Act 2 Scene 1
- (uncountable) Admission to sexual intercourse.
- 1760s, William Blackstone, Commentaries on the Laws of England
- During coverture, access of the husband shall be presumed, unless the contrary be shown.
- 1760s, William Blackstone, Commentaries on the Laws of England
- (archaic, countable) An increase by addition; accession
- 1667, John Milton, Paradise Lost
- I, from the influence of thy looks, receive access in every virtue.
- 1667, John Milton, Paradise Lost
- (countable) An onset, attack, or fit of disease; an ague fit.
- The first access looked like an apoplexy.
- (countable) An outburst of an emotion; a paroxysm; a fit of passion
- 1946, Arnold J. Toynbee, A Study of History (Abridgement of Volumes I-VI by D.C. Somervell)
- It appears that, about the middle of the fourth century of the Christian Era, the Germans in the Roman service started the new practice of retaining their native names; and this change of etiquette, which seems to have been abrupt, points to a sudden access of self-confidence and self-assurance in the souls of the barbarian personnel which had previously been content to 'go Roman' without reservations.
- 1946, Arnold J. Toynbee, A Study of History (Abridgement of Volumes I-VI by D.C. Somervell)
- (uncountable, law) The right of a noncustodial parent to visit their child.
- (uncountable, computing) The process of locating data in memory.
- (uncountable, networking) Connection to or communication with a computer program or to the Internet.
Usage notes
- (outburst, paroxysm): sometimes confused with excess.
Derived terms
- access day
- direct access
- random access
- remote access
Related terms
Translations
Etymology 2
- First attested in 1962.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?æks?s/, /?k?s?s/
- (General American) enPR: ?k?s?s', ?k-s?s?, IPA(key): /?æk?s?s/, /?k?s?s/
- Hyphenation: ac?cess
Verb
access (third-person singular simple present accesses, present participle accessing, simple past and past participle accessed)
- (transitive) To gain or obtain access to.
- (transitive, computing) To have access to (data).
- I can't access most of the data on the computer without a password.
Translations
References
- access in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- access in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- access at OneLook Dictionary Search
- access in Keywords for Today: A 21st Century Vocabulary, edited by The Keywords Project, Colin MacCabe, Holly Yanacek, 2018.
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