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action
They are considering legal action.
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course of action
They have not yet decided on a particular course of action.
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measure
Measures are in place to prevent flooding.
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step
These simple steps will ensure that infections are not spread.
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(Definition of
course
from the
Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
© Cambridge University Press)
course
| American Dictionary
course
noun
[C]
(
DEVELOPMENT
)
course
noun
[C]
(
CLASSES
)
(Definition of
course
from the
Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary
© Cambridge University Press)
course
| Business English
(Definition of
course
from the
Cambridge Business English Dictionary
© Cambridge University Press)
Examples
of
course
course
My judgement is that such experiences are no less vivid than ordinary experience, although of
course
greatly reduced in informational content.
From the
Cambridge English Corpus
Of
course
, a generalised norm or level mapping can be interpreted as an ordinary norm or level mapping by restricting its domain to ground objects.
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In the
course
of time, these tools were discarded and replaced by new ones made of local flint varieties.
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These stresses and antisocial behavior may, in turn, cause an increase in children's internalizing problems through the life
course
.
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The preface tells us that the book is intended to back up a second-year university
course
, presumably in stratigraphy as defined by the author.
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On a day-to-day level, re-ection of a mediational character was drawn into teaching sessions across the entire
course
.
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From 1961 onwards archaeology was taught as a so-called further education
course
, which followed studies in another discipline lasting four to five years.
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In addition to teaching linguistics courses for teachers, she teaches children's literature.
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She discusses in detail four areas of verbal hygiene: copy editing, teaching grammar in schools, 'political correctness', and self-help language courses for women.
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Early vegetative symptoms, however, may also contribute to the high rates of depression seen later in the
course
of immune activation.
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Governments that are responsive are generally more legitimate than those that do not, and should experience less instability, all other things being equal, of
course
.
From the
Cambridge English Corpus
These are words often used in combination with
course
.
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accelerated course
In others—in mathematics for example—he is taking an accelerated course, and in biology he is attending the senior sixth form discussion group.
From the
Hansard archive
advanced course
This chapter was a boon to my students in an advanced course in linguistic anthropology.
alternative course
Given a probability distribution and a utility function, both with the appropriate properties, the agent calculates the expected utility of each alternative course of action.
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What is the pronunciation of
course
?
A person or experience that teaches you a lesson improves your future behaviour by making you experience the bad effects of your actions.
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