Education imparted in a series of lessons or meetings:
— He took a course in basket weaving.

synoniemen: class, course of instruction, course of study.

Roget 58: order, regularity, uniformity, symmetry, lucidus ordo [Lat.]; music of the spheres.    gradation, progression; series etc. (continuity) 69.    subordination; course, even tenor, routine; method, disposition, arrangement, array, system, economy, discipline orderliness etc. adj.. rank, place etc. (term) 71.    ... meer laten zien

Roget 728: arena, field, platform; scene of action, theater; walk, course; hustings; stare, boards etc. (playhouse) 599; amphitheater; Coliseum, Colosseum; Flavian amphitheater, hippodrome, circus, race course, corso [Sp.], turf, cockpit, bear garden, playground, gymnasium, palestra, ring, lists; tiltyard^†, tilting ground; Campus Martins, Champ de Allars^†; campus [U.S.].    boxing ring, canvas.    theater of war, seat of war; battle-field, battle-ground; field of battle, field of slaughter; Aceldama^†, camp; the enemy's camp; trusting place etc. (place of meeting) 74.    ... meer laten zien

Roget 106: time, duration; period, term, stage, space, span, spell, season; the whole time, the whole period; space-time; course etc. 109; snap.    intermediate time, while, interim, interval, pendency^†; intervention, intermission, intermittence, interregnum, interlude; respite.    era, epoch; time of life, age, year, date; decade etc. (period) 108; moment, etc. (instant) 113.    glass of time, sands of time, march of time, Father Time, ravages of time; arrow of time; river of time, whirligig of time, noiseless foot of time; scythe.    ... meer laten zien

Roget 537: teaching etc. v.; instruction; edification; education; tuition; tutorage, tutelage; direction, guidance; opsimathy^†.    qualification, preparation; training, schooling etc. v.; discipline; excitation.    drill, practice; book exercise.    persuasion, proselytism, propagandism^†, propaganda; indoctrination, inculcation, inoculation; advise etc. 695.    explanation etc. (interpretation) 522; lesson, lecture, sermon; apologue^†, parable; discourse, prolection^†, preachment; chalk talk; Chautauqua [U.S.].    exercise, task; curriculum; course, course of study; grammar, three R's, initiation, A.   B.C., etc. (beginning) 66.    elementary education, primary education, secondary education, technical education, college education, collegiate education, military education, university education, liberal education, classical education, religious education, denominational education, moral education, secular education; propaedeutics^†, moral tuition.    gymnastics, calisthenics; physical drill, physical education; sloyd^†.    [methods of teaching] phonics; rote, rote memorization, brute memory; cooperative learning; Montessori method, ungraded classes.    [measuring degree of learning of pupils] test, examination, exam; final exam, mid-term exam grade [result of measurement of learning], score, marks; A,B,C,D,E,F; gentleman's C; pass, fail, incomplete.    homework; take-home lesson; exercise for the student; theme, project.    ... meer laten zien

Roget 348: running water.    jet, spirt^†, spurt, squirt, spout, spray, splash, rush, gush, jet d'eau [Fr.]; sluice.    water spout, water fall; cascade, force, foss^†; lin^†, linn^†; ghyll^†, Niagara; cataract, rapids, white water, catadupe^†, cataclysm; debacle, inundation, deluge; chute, washout.    rain, rainfall; serein^†; shower, scud; downpour; driving rain, drenching rain, cloudburst; hyetology^†, hyetography^†; predominance of Aquarius^†, reign of St.    Swithin; mizzle^†, drizzle, stillicidum^†, plash; dropping etc. v.; falling weather; northeaster, hurricane, typhoon.    stream, course, flux, flow, profluence^†; effluence etc. (egress) 295; defluxion^†; flowing etc. v.; current, tide, race, coulee.    spring, artesian well, fount, fountain; rill, rivulet, gill, gullet, rillet^†; streamlet, brooklet; branch [U.S.]; runnel, sike^†, burn, beck, creek, brook, bayou, stream, river; reach, tributary.    geyser, spout, waterspout.    body of water, torrent, rapids, flush, flood, swash; spring tide, high tide, full tide; bore, tidal bore, eagre^†, hygre^†; fresh, freshet; indraught^†, reflux, undercurrent, eddy, vortex, gurge^†, whirlpool, Maelstrom, regurgitation, overflow; confluence, corrivation^†.    wave, billow, surge, swell, ripple; anerythmon gelasma [Gr.]; beach comber, riffle [U.S.], rollers, ground swell, surf, breakers, white horses, whitecaps; rough sea, heavy sea, high seas, cross sea, long sea, short sea, chopping sea.    [Science of fluids in motion] hydrodynamics; hydraulics, hydraulicostatics^†; rain gauge, flowmeter; pegology^†.    irrigation etc. (water) 337; pump; watering pot, watering cart; hydrant, syringe; garden hose, lawn spray; bhisti^†, mussuk^†.    ... meer laten zien

Roget 298: eating etc. v.; deglutition, gulp, epulation^†, mastication, manducation^†, rumination; gluttony etc. 957.    [eating specific foods] hippophagy^†, ichthyophagy^†.    [Eating anatomy:] (appetite) etc. 865; mouth, jaws, mandible, mazard^†, gob [Slang], chops.    drinking etc. v.; potation, draught, libation; carousal etc. (amusement) 840; drunkenness etc. 959.    food, pabulum; aliment, nourishment, nutriment; sustenance, sustentation, sustention; nurture, subsistence, provender, corn, feed, fodder, provision, ration, keep, commons, board; commissariat etc. (provision) 637; prey, forage, pasture, pasturage; fare, cheer; diet, dietary; regimen; belly timber, staff of life; bread, bread and cheese.    comestibles, eatables, victuals, edibles, ingesta; grub, grubstake, prog^†, meat; bread, bread stuffs; cerealia^†; cereals; viands, cates^†, delicacy, dainty, creature comforts, contents of the larder, fleshpots; festal board; ambrosia; good cheer, good living.    beef, bisquit^†, bun; cornstarch [U.S.]; cookie, cooky [U.S.]; cracker, doughnut; fatling^†; hardtack, hoecake [U.S.], hominy [U.S.]; mutton, pilot bread; pork; roti^†, rusk, ship biscuit; veal; joint, piece de resistance [Fr.], roast and boiled; remove, entremet^†, releve [Fr.], hash, rechauffe [Fr.], stew, ragout, fricassee, mince; pottage, potage^†, broth, soup, consomme, puree, spoonmeat^†; pie, pasty, volauvent^†; pudding, omelet; pastry; sweets etc. 296; kickshaws^†; condiment etc. 393.    appetizer, hors d'oeuvre [Fr.].    main course, entree.    alligator pear, apple &c., apple slump; artichoke; ashcake^†, griddlecake, pancake, flapjack; atole^†, avocado, banana, beche de mer [Fr.], barbecue, beefsteak; beet root; blackberry, blancmange, bloater, bouilli^†, bouillon, breadfruit, chop suey [U.S.]; chowder, chupatty^†, clam, compote, damper, fish, frumenty^†, grapes, hasty pudding, ice cream, lettuce, mango, mangosteen, mince pie, oatmeal, oyster, pineapple, porridge, porterhouse steak, salmis^†, sauerkraut, sea slug, sturgeon ("Albany beef"), succotash [U.S.], supawn [U.S.], trepang^†, vanilla, waffle, walnut.    table, cuisine, bill of fare, menu, table d'hote [Fr.], ordinary, entree.    meal, repast, feed, spread; mess; dish, plate, course; regale; regalement^†, refreshment, entertainment; refection, collation, picnic, feast, banquet, junket; breakfast; lunch, luncheon; dejeuner [Fr.], bever^†, tiffin^†, dinner, supper, snack, junk food, fast food, whet, bait, dessert; potluck, table d'hote [Fr.], dejeuner a la fourchette [Fr.]; hearty meal, square meal, substantial meal, full meal; blowout [Slang]; light refreshment; bara^†, chotahazri^†; bara khana^†.    mouthful, bolus, gobbet^†, morsel, sop, sippet^†.    drink, beverage, liquor, broth, soup; potion, dram, draught, drench, swill [Slang]; nip, sip, sup, gulp.    wine, spirits, liqueur, beer, ale, malt liquor, Sir John Barleycorn, stingo^†, heavy wet; grog, toddy, flip, purl, punch, negus^†, cup, bishop, wassail; gin etc. (intoxicating liquor) 959; coffee, chocolate, cocoa, tea, the cup that cheers but not inebriates; bock beer, lager beer, Pilsener beer, schenck beer^†; Brazil tea, cider, claret, ice water, mate, mint julep [U.S.]; near beer, 3.   2 beer, non-alcoholic beverage.    eating house etc. 189.    [person who eats] diner; hippophage; glutton etc. 957.    ... meer laten zien

Roget 266: travel; traveling etc. v.. wayfaring, campaigning.    journey, excursion, expedition, tour, trip, grand tour, circuit, peregrination, discursion^†, ramble, pilgrimage, hajj, trek, course, ambulation^†, march, walk, promenade, constitutional, stroll, saunter, tramp, jog trot, turn, stalk, perambulation; noctambulation^†, noctambulism; somnambulism; outing, ride, drive, airing, jaunt.    equitation, horsemanship, riding, manege [Fr.], ride and tie; basophobia^†.    roving, vagrancy, pererration^†; marching and countermarching; nomadism; vagabondism, vagabondage; hoboism [U.S.]; gadding; flit, flitting, migration; emigration, immigration, demigration^†, intermigration^†; wanderlust.    plan, itinerary, guide; handbook, guidebook, road book; Baedeker^†, Bradshaw, Murray; map, road map, transportation guide, subway map.    procession, cavalcade, caravan, file, cortege, column.    [Organs and instruments of locomotion] vehicle etc. 272; automobile, train, bus, airplane, plane, autobus, omnibus, subway, motorbike, dirt bike, off-road vehicle, van, minivan, motor scooter, trolley, locomotive; legs, feet, pegs, pins, trotters.    traveler etc. 268.    depot [U.S.], railway station, station.    ... meer laten zien

Roget 264: motion, movement, move; going etc. v.; unrest.    stream, flow, flux, run, course, stir; evolution; kinematics; telekinesis.    step, rate, pace, tread, stride, gait, port, footfall, cadence, carriage, velocity, angular velocity; clip, progress, locomotion; journey etc. 266; voyage etc. 267; transit etc. 270.    restlessness etc. (changeableness) 149; mobility; movableness, motive power; laws of motion; mobilization.    ... meer laten zien

Roget 204: layer, stratum, strata, course, bed, zone, substratum, substrata, floor, flag, stage, story, tier, slab, escarpment; table, tablet; dess^†; flagstone; board, plank; trencher, platter.    plate; lamina, lamella; sheet, foil; wafer; scale, flake, peel; coat, pellicle; membrane, film; leaf; slice, shive^†, cut, rasher, shaving, integument etc. (covering) 223; eschar^†.    stratification, scaliness, nest of boxes, coats of an onion.    monolayer; bilayer; trilayer [Bioch.].    ... meer laten zien

Nederlands: cursus, leergang
Pools: kurs

A connected series of events or actions or developments:
— The government took a firm course.

synoniem: line.

Roget 69: continuity; consecution, consecutiveness etc. adj.; succession, round, suite, progression, series, train chain; catenation, concatenation; scale; gradation, course; ceaselessness, constant flow, unbroken extent.    procession, column; retinue, cortege, cavalcade, rank and file, line of battle, array.    pedigree, genealogy, lineage, race; ancestry, descent, family, house; line, line of ancestors; strain.    rank, file, line, row, range, tier, string, thread, team; suit; colonnade.    ... meer laten zien

Roget 278: direction, bearing, course, vector; set, drift, tenor; tendency etc. 176; incidence; bending, trending etc. v.; dip, tack, aim, collimation; steering steerage.    point of the compass, cardinal points; North East, South, West; N by E, ENE, NE by N, NE, &c.; rhumb^†, azimuth, line of collimation.    line, path, road, range, quarter, line of march; alignment, allignment^†; air line, beeline; straight shoot.    ... meer laten zien

Nederlands: proces, verloop, rij

General line of orientation:
— The river takes a southern course.

synoniem: trend.

Pools: kierunek, kurs, linia, tor

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.

synoniem: course of action.

A line or route along which something travels or moves:
— The course of the river.

synoniemen: path, track.

Roget 627: method, way, manner, wise, gait, form, mode, fashion, tone, guise; modus operandi, MO; procedure etc. (line of conduct) 692.    path, road, route, course; line of way, line of road; trajectory, orbit, track, beat, tack.    steps; stair, staircase; flight of stairs, ladder, stile; perron^†.    bridge, footbridge, viaduct, pontoon, steppingstone, plank, gangway; drawbridge; pass, ford, ferry, tunnel; pipe etc. 260.    door; gateway etc. (opening) 260; channel, passage, avenue, means of access, approach, adit^†; artery, lane, loan [Scot.], alley, aisle, lobby, corridor; back-door, back-stairs; secret passage; covert way; vennel^†.    roadway, pathway, stairway; express; thoroughfare; highway; turnpike, freeway, royal road, coach road; broad highway, King's highway, Queen's highway; beaten track, beaten path; horse road, bridle road, bridle track, bridle path; walk, trottoir^†, footpath, pavement, flags, sidewalk; crossroad, byroad, bypath, byway; cut; short cut etc. (mid-course) 628; carrefour^†; private road, occupation road; highways and byways; railroad, railway, tram road, tramway; towpath; causeway; canal etc. (conduit) 350; street etc. (abode) 189; speedway.    adv.. how; in what way, in what manner; by what mode; so, in this way, after this fashion.    one way or another, anyhow; somehow or other etc. (instrumentality) 631; by way of; via; in transitu [Lat.] etc. 270; on the high road to.    ... meer laten zien

Roget 692: conduct [actions of an individual agent]; behavior; deportment, comportment; carriage, maintien^†, demeanor, guise, bearing, manner, observance.    dealing, transaction etc. (action) 680; business etc. 625.    tactics, game, game plan, policy, polity; generalship, statesmanship, seamanship; strategy, strategics^†; plan etc. 626.    management; husbandry; housekeeping, housewifery; stewardship; menage; regime; economy, economics; political economy; government etc. (direction) 693.    execution, manipulation, treatment, campaign, career, life, course, walk, race, record.    course of conduct, line of conduct, line of action, line of proceeding; role; process, ways, practice, procedure, modus operandi, MO, method of operating; method &c.; path etc. 627.    ... meer laten zien

Nederlands: koers, baan, loop
Pools: drożyna, ścieżyna

A body of students who are taught together.

synoniemen: class, form, grade.

Nederlands: promotie
Pools: kurs

Part of a meal served at one time.

Nederlands: gerecht, koers, loop, cursus, parcours, gang

construction A layer of masonry:
— A course of bricks.

synoniem: row.

Facility consisting of a circumscribed area of land or water laid out for a sport.

Nederlands: baan

Move swiftly through or over.

Roget 622: pursue, prosecute, follow; run after, make after, be after, hunt after, prowl after; shadow; carry on etc. (do) 680; engage in etc. (undertake) 676; set about etc. (begin) 66; endeavor etc. 675; court etc. (request) 765; seek etc. (search) 461; aim at etc. (intention) 620; follow the trail etc. (trace) 461; fish for etc. (experiment) 463; press on etc. (haste) 684; run a race etc. (velocity) 274.    chase, give chase, course, dog, hunt, hound; tread on the heels, follow on the heels of, etc. (sequence) 281.    rush upon; rush headlong etc. (violence) 173, ride full tilt at, run full tilt at; make a leap at, jump at, snatch at run down; start game.    tread a path; take a course, hold a course; shape one's steps, direct one's steps, bend one's steps, course; play a game; fight one's way, elbow one's way; follow up; take to, take up; go in for; ride one's hobby.    ... meer laten zien

Roget 267: sail; put to sea etc. (depart) 293; take ship, get under way; set sail, spread sail, spread canvas; gather way, have way on; make sail, carry sail; plow the waves, plow the deep, plow the main, plow the ocean; walk the waters.    navigate, warp, luff^†, scud, boom, kedge; drift, course, cruise, coast; hug the shore, hug the land; circumnavigate.    ply the oar, row, paddle, pull, scull, punt, steam.    swim, float; buffet the waves, ride the storm, skim, effleurer [Fr.], dive, wade.    fly, be wafted, hover, soar, flutter, jet, orbit, rocket; take wing, take a flight, take off, ascend, blast off, land, alight; wing one's flight, wing one's way; aviate; parachute, jump, glide.    ... meer laten zien

Roget 266: travel, journey, course; take a journey, go a journey; take a walk, go out for walk etc. n.; have a run; take the air.    flit, take wing; migrate, emigrate; trek; rove, prowl, roam, range, patrol, pace up and down, traverse; scour the country, traverse the country; peragrate^†; circumambulate, perambulate; nomadize^†, wander, ramble, stroll, saunter, hover, go one's rounds, straggle; gad, gad about; expatiate.    walk, march, step, tread, pace, plod, wend, go by shank's mare; promenade; trudge, tramp; stalk, stride, straddle, strut, foot it, hoof it, stump, bundle, bowl along, toddle; paddle; tread a path.    take horse, ride, drive, trot, amble, canter, prance, fisk^†, frisk, caracoler^†, caracole; gallop etc. (move quickly) 274.    [start riding] embark, board, set out, hit the road, get going, get underway.    peg on, jog on, wag on, shuffle on; stir one's stumps; bend one's steps, bend one's course; make one's way, find one's way, wend one's way, pick one's way, pick one's way, thread one's way, plow one's way; slide, glide, coast, skim, skate; march in procession, file on, defile.    go to, repair to, resort to, hie to, betake oneself to.    ... meer laten zien

Move along, of liquids.

synoniemen: feed, flow, run.

Nederlands: stromen

Hunt with hounds.

As might be expected.

synoniemen: naturally, of course.