Meaning

4 senses
  1. 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.

    fließen

    течьtečʹ, бежа́тьbežátʹ, циркули́роватьcirkulírovatʹ

  2. (transitive)To run through or over.

    move swiftly through or over

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

    verfolgen

    пресле́доватьpreslédovatʹ

  4. (transitive)To cause to chase after or pursue game.

    to course greyhounds after deer

Examples

1626 sentences
  1. Of course she passed the test.

    Звичайно ж, вона здала екзамен. — deniko

    ruКонечно, она сдала экзамен. — marafon

    deNatürlich hat sie die Prüfung bestanden. — stupiddog

  2. Of course, Tom doesn't mean that.

    Звичайно ж, Том не це має на увазі. — deniko

    ruКонечно, Том не это имеет в виду. — marafon

  3. Of course, I have a plan.

    Звичайно ж, у мене є план. — deniko

    ruРазумеется, у меня есть план. — odexed

  4. Of course, Tom will help us.

    Звичайно ж Том нам допоможе. — deniko

    ruКонечно, Том нам поможет. — marafon

  5. Of course, I didn't do that.

    Звичайно ж, я цього не робив. — deniko

    ruКонечно, я этого не сделал. — odexed

Translations

6 languages
Русский
By meaning 2
Flow:
Pursue:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
Flow:
Pursue:

Origin

From Middle English cours, from Old French cours, from Latin cursus (“course of a race”),

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.

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Forms

courses, coursing, coursed, coursed
Base formcourse · to course
3rd person singularcourses
Present participlecoursing
Past simplecoursed
Past participlecoursed

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theycourse
he, she, itcourses

Past simpleLesson

all personscoursed

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave coursed
he, she, ithas coursed

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill course

Synonyms

3 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

2 related words

Collocations

8 patterns
  • golf course
  • of course it's
  • a golf course
  • yes of course
  • and of course
  • main course
  • of course was
  • changed course

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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