course

education imparted in a series of lessons or meetings

“he took a course in basket weaving”

“flirting is not unknown in college classes”

a connected series of events or actions or developments

“the government took a firm course”

“historians can only point out those lines for which evidence is available”

general line of orientation

“the river takes a southern course”

“the northeastern trend of the coast”

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”

a line or route along which something travels or moves

“the hurricane demolished houses in its path”

“the track of an animal”

“the course of the river”

a body of students who are taught together

“early morning classes are always sleepy”

as might be expected

“naturally, the lawyer sent us a huge bill”

move swiftly through or over

“ships coursing the Atlantic”

move along, of liquids

“Water flowed into the cave”

“the Missouri feeds into the Mississippi”

hunt with hounds

“He often courses hares”