course

/kɔrs/, /koʊrs/ n [C] (DIRECTION)

Definition

› the particular path something such as an aircraft or ship takes as it moves, or the path along which a river flows: A southern course will take our flight over Texas. The ship was blown off course (= away from its course) in the storm.

(Definition of course n (DIRECTION) from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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