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32 4.8
To move or flow steadily and smoothly through a place
  • verb
  • /kɔrs/
: correr
  • Is it healthy for our economy to have 18 million new lawsuits coursing through the system annually?
  • blood coursed
  • course through the veins
  • course through the body

Great, I thought, Dopamine coursing through my motivation system.

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Examples

  • Absolute joy coursing through my body.

  • The river began to course steadily through the valley after the heavy rain.

  • The Book of the Dead already courses through my body.

  • With three times the amount of blood coursing through your body.

  • Their blood may course through my veins, but so does mine.

  • It's like coursing through my whole body!

  • Truth and evidence coursed through the world's Internet.

  • The river was moving faster now, coursing between a series of steep hills.

    Fiction book (1990)
  • I could feel the blood coursing through my veins.

  • The wind and the small waves coursed over it, and the sides of the boat quivered.

    Fiction book (1996)

Synonyms

to flow
vsto course
364 1.0

To move steadily in a stream like a liquid or gas

is smoother and more about steady travel over distance
to run
vsto course
353 2.7

To let color or liquid spread and make marks

is about smooth steady motion rather than spreading
to stream
vsto course
70 1.7

To flow out in large amounts, like liquid or tears

focuses on smooth steady motion not large volume movements
to feed
vsto course
8 2.5

To flow into another river, lake, or sea

describes smooth travel along distance rather than emptying into somewhere

Antonyms

18 6.8

To stop growing or changing and stay the same, like water in a pond

Idioms

∞ 1.0

To show something is obvious and to say yes or give permission

17 4.7

A normal thing to expect in a situation

Likely to lead to a conflict or failure if nothing changes

To make a big lasting change to what happens next

13 3.8

Moving forward as planned to reach a goal

in due course
  • Formal
12 3.5

At the right time after some waiting

Done regularly without extra thought

Phrasal Verbs

To cause something to happen in a different way or direction

To change a decision or plan and go in a different direction

Turn a ship to a new direction to avoid danger

To move away from the planned route or plan because something pushes it

Officially stop attending a class before it ends

Compounds

142 1.0

An area of land with grass and holes where people play golf

A plan of steps to reach a goal

36 1.3

The main dish served after a starter and before dessert

The way important events and changes happen over time in the past

A situation likely to lead to conflict between people or groups if not changed

21 3.4

A short course that teaches important skills quickly

A change to a plan to make it work better

A short course that reviews and updates what people already know

Something that people expect to happen without special effort

A course where teachers send lessons and students return work by mail or online for home study

A course that all students must take to finish a program

A set of classes in a subject that lead to a qualification or degree

A move to a different direction physically or in plans

course credit
  • Specialized
4 3.4

An official record that a college gives for a completed course toward a degree

2 3.4

A list of classes a college or university offers with times, requirements, and descriptions

A course offered by a college for adults, often in the evenings

A course a student chooses instead of a required class

A set of lessons in a subject to teach skills or knowledge

1 6.5

A golf course by the sea with sandy ground, small hills, and few trees

A scheduled class that is part of a course

A racetrack in Baltimore that hosts the Preakness Stakes

A series of talks about one subject that teachers give at a university or college

1 7.9

A layer of waterproof material at the bottom of walls near the ground that stops moisture rising

A short class that introduces new people to a place or group

main course
  • Archaic
1 9.9

A large square sail set on a ship's main mast to catch the wind

Happening in a normal, expected way

A layer of waterproof material in a wall near the ground that stops water rising

mizzen course
  • Specialized
9.9

The lowest sail on the mast at the back of a sailing ship

weeder course
  • Jargon
8.2

A hard class that many students fail, making some leave the program

How Fast

to gush
27 3.2
to pour
31 1.5
run
11 4.4
to course
32 4.8
to flow
364 1.0
to trickle
81 3.4

Surface Forms

course infinitive
coursed past
coursed past participle
coursing present participle
courses third person singular

Etymology

Course (verb: flow) comes from Latin currere, which means 'to run'. When water or blood 'courses', it literally 'runs' along, so the origin fits the modern use.