courses

Subjects you take

Courses are paths of movement or progression.

A river follows its course; a ship stays on course.

A course of action is a planned sequence.

In education, a course is a series of lessons on a subject: She's taking three courses this semester.

A course of treatment spans multiple sessions.

At meals, courses are successive dishes: a five-course dinner.

A golf course or racecourse is where play happens.

The verb means to flow or run swiftly: Tears coursed down her face.

Of course means naturally or certainly.

meal

appetizer

Light dish preceding main

salad · main · side · tasting · amuse-bouche · starter · hors-d'oeuvre · intermezzo · cheese · digestif

navigation

route

Path from A to B

chart · plotted · charted · waterway · channel · trajectory · deviation · correction · compass · GPS

path

trail

Path through wilderness

pathway · racecourse · watercourse · creek · stream · river · canal · channel · flow

education

curriculum

Educational program's content plan

workshop · tutoring · degree · diploma · accreditation · university · college · professor · instructor · textbook

golf

fairway

Groomed golf strip

  • greenColor of vegetation
  • bunkerReinforced subterranean stronghold
  • teeGolf ball support

hole · links · hazard · rough · dogleg · par · clubhouse · layout · pin · flagstick

Categories
Opposites
flow/movement

coursestrickles

Flows in drops

drips · seeps · dribbles · oozes · stagnates

directedness/path

courseswanders

Moves without fixed course

meanders · drifts · strays · roams · deviates

Phrases
Family

course, discourse, coursing, off-course, recourse, coursed, intercourse, coursework, course of action

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