course of lectures
- noun
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curso de conferencias
- She completed a rigorous course of lectures in mathematics, which included topics such as calculus and statistical analysis.
Examples
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It is therefore striking that Thomas submitted his course of lectures to Archbishop Blanc for approval.
Academic text (2018) -
The next step in the process, then, was to turn the seminar into a course of lectures.
Academic text (2002) -
"A course of lectures -- on George Eliot?"
Fiction book (2001) -
I've a whole new course of lectures for you fellows.
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By the time Marui arrived at his new post, the course of lectures in psychiatry for that academic year had been almost completed by Mitsuzo Shimoda.
Academic text (1990) -
I have been delivering a course of lectures this winter for the Supernatural in the Gospel, or against naturalism—not a course against Andrew Jackson Davis, as the rogue has been trying in one way and another to make the public suppose.
Academic text (2010) -
The material that formed the basis of the course of lectures that Davis had found so maddening was eventually published in 1858 as Nature and the Supernatural, declaring without reservation that both constituted "one system of God" and that humans belonged to the supernatural realm.
Academic text (2010) -
Eliot started working with Russell in March 1914, just after the philosopher had arrived at Harvard to deliver a course of lectures on logic, which Eliot audited (Complete Prose I 101n3).
Academic text (2017) -
This semester, I am enrolled in a course of lectures on modern European history at the university.
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The professor recommended a comprehensive course of lectures to help students understand the fundamental concepts of psychology.
Synonyms
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1.8
A series of lessons about a particular subject
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3.0
A set of classes in a subject that lead to a qualification or degree
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2.8
A set of lessons in a subject to teach skills or knowledge
How Extensive
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning is directly and compositionally derived from 'course' (a series) combined with 'lectures' (talks), so a B1 learner who knows the constituents can infer 'a series of lectures' without prior exposure. The noun + of + noun structure is a transparent, cross-linguistically common way to specify a collection or series, making the phrase predictable.
Etymology
Course of lectures comes from the image of a course as a path with stops and lectures as those stops, like walking a path and stopping for each talk on the same topic. So it means a 'series' of talks on one 'subject'.