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What they don't grasp is that someone would want their mind to work that way all the time, as a matter of course.

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Quick take

education imparted in a series of lessons or meetings; "he took a course in basket weaving"; "flirting is not unknown in college classes"

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of course gathered in one view.

noun

education imparted in a series of lessons or meetings; "he took a course in basket weaving"; "flirting is not unknown in college classes"

noun

a connected series of events or actions or developments; "the government took a firm course"; "historians can only point out those lines for which evidence is available"

noun

general line of orientation; "the river takes a southern course"; "the northeastern trend of the coast"

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for course.

noun

education imparted in a series of lessons or meetings; "he took a course in basket weaving"; "flirting is not unknown in college classes"

noun

a connected series of events or actions or developments; "the government took a firm course"; "historians can only point out those lines for which evidence is available"

noun

general line of orientation; "the river takes a southern course"; "the northeastern trend of the coast"

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a mode of action; "if you persist in that course you will surely fail"; "once a nation is embarked on a course of action it becomes extremely difficult for any retraction to take place"

noun

a line or route along which something travels or moves; "the hurricane demolished houses in its path"; "the track of an animal"; "the course of the river"

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a body of students who are taught together; "early morning classes are always sleepy"

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part of a meal served at one time; "she prepared a three course meal"

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(construction) a layer of masonry; "a course of bricks"

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facility consisting of a circumscribed area of land or water laid out for a sport; "the course had only nine holes"; "the course was less than a mile"

verb

move swiftly through or over; "ships coursing the Atlantic"

verb

move along, of liquids; "Water flowed into the cave"; "the Missouri feeds into the Mississippi"

verb

hunt with hounds; "He often courses hares"

adverb

as might be expected; "naturally, the lawyer sent us a huge bill"

Example sentences

What they don't grasp is that someone would want their mind to work that way all the time, as a matter of course.

He's doing that all the time, of course, and people scramble like ants being pounded with a rubber mallet whenever it happens.

They eventually did get a confirmation from the 88th precinct that I was there, which of course no one relayed to me.

Of course the captain confirmed that I was not required to carry ID, but at that point it didn't really matter anyway.

This, of course, is what APIs do and this means that his conclusion can be used as a powerful guide in all future API copyright cases.

Of course, the common man knows it's common sense that there's an inherent need for secrecy in conducting small scale covert operations.

Someone who knows he's the sheeeeet but doesn't want to prove it at a big company that does lame stuff like QA. Someone who can down a can of Coke and a box of Mentos and then go on to devour a four-course meal of web-scale challenges the likes of which no other startup has ever faced.

This falls under the umbrella of cultural fit, which is of course important, but don't mistake that for engineering skill.- I think we can all agree that "logic" puzzles like "how would you move Mount Fuji?

You 150-odd ex-Amazon folks here will of course realize immediately that #7 was a little joke I threw in, because Bezos most definitely does not give a shit about your day.#6, however, was quite real, so people went to work.