COURSES Synonyms: 243 Similar and Opposite Words

courses 1 of 2

noun

plural of course

as in procedures

a way of acting or proceeding the president's usual course has been to obtain advice from several people and then make up his own mind

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as in classes

a series of lectures on a subject a course on American history from the colonial period to the present

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as in processes

a usually fixed or ordered series of actions or events leading to a result set out on the course that would lead to a college degree

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as in routes

the direction along which something or someone moves the river follows a southeasterly course to the ocean

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as in canals

an open man-made passageway for water the Erie Canal was replaced by a much larger course, the New York State Barge Canal

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courses

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verb

present tense third-person singular of course

as in tracks

to go after or on the track of after coursing the conspirators for months, the federal agents closed in and made the arrests

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as in traverses

to make one's way through, across, or over once the threat of terrorism became apparent, fighter jets began coursing that corridor on a daily basis

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as in races

to proceed or move quickly racehorses coursing down the track

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Noun

In the many rooms with a view, The Homestead rooms offer extensive and charmingly vast views of the colors of trees, courses, and property surrounding. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 Oct. 2026 Many K-8th grade students receive a smattering of foreign language instruction (a day or two a week, or a quarter), but then they are expected to take year-long courses in foreign language in high school to satisfy university requirements. — Doug Wojcieszak, Washington Post, 5 Oct. 2026 At the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, engineering professorSayan Mitra said several courses use robotic arms, drones, humanoids and vehicles from China. — Stephanie Yang, CNN Money, 3 Oct. 2026 In addition, only officers who have completed one of five specific agency training courses can conduct vehicle stops. — Arkansas Online, 2 Oct. 2026 Collecting data from the medical tents on race courses where runners seek care is the best way to help event organizers prepare for and avoid inevitable crises, writes Vibhu Krishna in a new First Opinion. — STAT, 2 Oct. 2026 The Classic Plan includes all courses and exercises, covering fundamentals such as proper hand positioning and basic rhythms, along with chords, music theory, and reading sheet music. — Stackcommerce Team, PC Magazine, 2 Oct. 2026 Iceland is so small — just under 400k people — that the only medical school in the country didn’t offer the necessary courses. — HubSpot, 1 Oct. 2026 The pleas follow a new California law restricting brokers from reselling tee times at public courses. — Brittny Mejia, Los Angeles Times, 29 Sep. 2026

Verb

What could be a stock campus ice-queen role is subverted throughout the season, through the empathy for the character that courses through her performance. — Rebecca Alter, Vulture, 27 July 2026 The same love of equality and freedom that courses through the Declaration motivated her white great-grandmother to campaign for suffrage and her African American grandfather to found a chapter of the NAACP in the Jim Crow South. — Michael Kazin, The Atlantic, 3 June 2026 And about the obsession that courses through dozens of countries on the continent. — Henry Bushnell, New York Times, 3 June 2026 But Open, Heaven also courses with youth’s great agony, the cruelty that learning to love should be inexorably followed by learning to grieve its undoing. — Gabrielle Bellot, Literary Hub, 27 Feb. 2026 Such is the power of cachaça, the essential and irresistible Brazilian sugar cane spirit that courses through each round of tropical cocktails passed across the bar. — Elazar Sontag, Washington Post, 26 Feb. 2026

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Noun

Depending on the property, the right solution may be a stronger physical presence, better access control or surveillance, or a combination of personnel, technology and procedures.

— Sami Nomair, Forbes.com, 5 Oct. 2026
After taking down such accounts, companies would write reports and researchers (including us) would publish analyses to explain the evolving tactics, techniques, and procedures of online influence campaigns.

— RENÉE DIRESTA, Foreign Affairs, 5 Oct. 2026

Definition of procedures

Noun

Plus, unlimited workshops and yoga classes are included with your stay.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 Oct. 2026
The student was enrolled in one of Resendiz’ classes during the last academic year, but is not currently enrolled in any of her classes, police said.

— Lillie Davidson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 6 Oct. 2026

Definition of classes

Noun

This allows Vestas to standardize its construction processes, lower costs, and reduce defects.

— Sam Birchall, Fortune, 2 Oct. 2026
In Finance Give agentic AI fragmented data, inconsistent processes or unclear ownership, and those weaknesses become part of how the technology operates.

— Ari Widlansky, Forbes.com, 1 Oct. 2026

Definition of processes

Verb

Blow Yourself Up is a love story that tracks the evolution of the internet from toy to utility to hellscape, the core technological advance of our lifetime.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 2 Oct. 2026
Related Stories The story takes place over four days in December and tracks four women spanning three generations.

— Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 1 Oct. 2026

Definition of tracks

Verb

This fourth full-length from the London jazz quintet traverses Black diasporic sound traditions — grime, reggae, Afrobeat — mulling over the question of how music so joyous can be rooted in histories of pain.

— Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 9 Sep. 2026
Reliever optimizes availability After taking his head out of the cold tub, Blubaugh traverses the bowels of Daikin Park.

— Chandler Rome, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2026

Definition of traverses

Verb

The Supra is one of the vehicles most closely associated with Walker’s Fast & Furious character, Brian O’Conner, who builds and races a bright orange version of the A80 in the first installment of the popular movie franchise.

— Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 10 Sep. 2026
Europe races to scale The political tensions come as Europe’s commercial space industry is gathering momentum.

— Elsa Ohlen, CNBC, 10 Sep. 2026

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