What does course mean?
Word: Course
Part of Speech: Noun
Meaning: Course means a set of lessons or lectures on a subject. It also means the direction something moves in, one part of a meal, or an area of land or water where a race or a game of golf takes place.
Synonyms: route, direction
Sounds like: coarse (rough to touch, or made of large pieces)
How do you spell course?
Syllables: course
Tricky part: Course has a sound-alike, coarse, which means rough. Both are said the same, so think about the meaning before you write the vowels.
Watch out for: corce, coures
Memory tip: Your course is where you learn: course and your share the o-u before the r.
Idioms and Phrases
- in due course: at the right time, when it is ready, without rushing Example: "The results of the drawing contest will be put on the notice board in due course."
Course in a sentence
Example 1: My brother is taking a computer course during the summer holidays.
Example 2: After the soup, the main course was rice, dal and paneer.
Example 3: The river changes its course a little after every monsoon.
Fun Fact
Course comes from Latin cursus, a running. That is why we still speak of a racecourse and say that a river runs its course.
Practise the CREST Way
Word Connection
Choose the synonym of the word:
course
a) programme
b) classroom
c) certificate
d) timetable
Show answer
a) programme. A course and a programme are both planned sets of lessons; a certificate, a timetable and a classroom only go with them.
Word Cookie
Find the extra letter in the word:
courrse
a) u
b) o
c) r
d) s
Show answer
c) r. A single r follows the ou, so one r has to go.
Spell-o-Spell
Choose the incorrectly spelt word:
a) force
b) horse
c) cource
d) source
Show answer
c) cource. This word ends in se, the same way horse does.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. At a wedding dinner with three courses, guests are served ____.
a) three cakes to take home
b) three kinds of drink
c) three chairs each
d) food in three stages
Show answer
d) food in three stages
2. Which sentence uses course to mean a direction?
a) The horses raced twice round the course.
b) The plane kept a steady course over the sea.
c) Dessert was the last course of the dinner.
d) She finished a typing course in June.
Show answer
b) The plane kept a steady course over the sea.
