Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to course
Participle: coursed
Gerund: coursing
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | course |
| you | course |
| he;she;it | courses |
| we | course |
| you | course |
| they | course |
Perfect
| I | have coursed |
| you | have coursed |
| he;she;it | has coursed |
| we | have coursed |
| you | have coursed |
| they | have coursed |
Past
| I | coursed |
| you | coursed |
| he;she;it | coursed |
| we | coursed |
| you | coursed |
| they | coursed |
Pluperfect
| I | had coursed |
| you | had coursed |
| he;she;it | had coursed |
| we | had coursed |
| you | had coursed |
| they | had coursed |
Future
| I | will course |
| you | will course |
| he;she;it | will course |
| we | will course |
| you | will course |
| they | will course |
Future Perfect
| I | will have coursed |
| you | will have coursed |
| he;she;it | will have coursed |
| we | will have coursed |
| you | will have coursed |
| they | will have coursed |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | course |
| you | course |
| he;she;it | course |
| we | course |
| you | course |
| they | course |
Perfect
| I | have coursed |
| you | have coursed |
| he;she;it | have coursed |
| we | have coursed |
| you | have coursed |
| they | have coursed |
Imperfect
| I | coursed |
| you | coursed |
| he;she;it | coursed |
| we | coursed |
| you | coursed |
| they | coursed |
Pluperfect
| I | had coursed |
| you | had coursed |
| he;she;it | had coursed |
| we | had coursed |
| you | had coursed |
| they | had coursed |
Conditional
Present
| I | would course |
| you | would course |
| he;she;it | would course |
| we | would course |
| you | would course |
| they | would course |
Perfect
| I | would have coursed |
| you | would have coursed |
| he;she;it | would have coursed |
| we | would have coursed |
| you | would have coursed |
| they | would have coursed |
Imperative
| you | course |
| we | Let's course |
| you | course |
Verbs conjugated like 'course'
abacinate,
abalienate,
abase,
abate,
abbreviate,
abdicate,
abduce,
aberrate,
aberuncate,
abirritate,
abjudge,
abjudicate,
abjugate,
abjure,
ablactate,
ablaqueate,
able,
ablegate,
abligate,
abnegate, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'course'
coure,
curse,
scourse,
accurse,
bouse,
cause,
chouse,
chupse,
chuse,
clumse,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. c.1290, from O.Fr. cours, from L. cursus "a running race or course," from curs- pp. stem of currere "to run" (see current). Most extended senses (meals, etc.) are present in 14c. Academic meaning "planned series of study" is 1605 (in French from 14c.). The verb is from 16c.
2. From Middle English cours, from Old French cours, from Latin cursus (“course of a race”), from currō (“run”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ḱers- (“to run”). Doublet of cursus and cour.
Sample Sentences
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The oil coursed through the engine.
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Blood pumped around the human body courses throughout all its veins and arteries.
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Sudden anger rose in him. “What I’m looking for,” he barked, “is to be left in peace.” His voice trembled with a rage far bigger than her intrusion merited, the rage which shocked him whenever it coursed through his nervous system, like a flood. [2001, Salman Rushdie, Fury: A Novel, London: Jonathan Cape, →ISBN, page 5:]
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He is a South American, so perhaps revolutionary spirit courses through Francis's veins. But what, pray, does the Catholic church want with doubt? [2013 September 20, Martina Hyde, “Is the pope Catholic?”, in The Guardian:]
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We coursed him at the heels. [c. 1606 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Macbeth”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene vi]:]
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to course greyhounds after deer