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Of course   /əv kɔrs/   Listen
noun
Course  n.  
1.
The act of moving from one point to another; progress; passage. "And when we had finished our course from Tyre, we came to Ptolemais."
2.
The ground or path traversed; track; way. "The same horse also run the round course at Newmarket."
3.
Motion, considered as to its general or resultant direction or to its goal; line progress or advance. "A light by which the Argive squadron steers Their silent course to Ilium's well known shore." "Westward the course of empire takes its way."
4.
Progress from point to point without change of direction; any part of a progress from one place to another, which is in a straight line, or on one direction; as, a ship in a long voyage makes many courses; a course measured by a surveyor between two stations; also, a progress without interruption or rest; a heat; as, one course of a race.
5.
Motion considered with reference to manner; or derly progress; procedure in a certain line of thought or action; as, the course of an argument. "The course of true love never did run smooth."
6.
Customary or established sequence of events; recurrence of events according to natural laws. "By course of nature and of law." "Day and night, Seedtime and harvest, heat and hoary frost, Shall hold their course."
7.
Method of procedure; manner or way of conducting; conduct; behavior. "My lord of York commends the plot and the general course of the action." "By perseverance in the course prescribed." "You hold your course without remorse."
8.
A series of motions or acts arranged in order; a succession of acts or practices connectedly followed; as, a course of medicine; a course of lectures on chemistry.
9.
The succession of one to another in office or duty; order; turn. "He appointed... the courses of the priests"
10.
That part of a meal served at one time, with its accompaniments. "He (Goldsmith) wore fine clothes, gave dinners of several courses, paid court to venal beauties."
11.
(Arch.) A continuous level range of brick or stones of the same height throughout the face or faces of a building.
12.
(Naut.) The lowest sail on any mast of a square-rigged vessel; as, the fore course, main course, etc.
13.
pl. (Physiol.) The menses.
In course, in regular succession.
Of course, by consequence; as a matter of course; in regular or natural order.
In the course of, at same time or times during. "In the course of human events."
Synonyms: Way; road; route; passage; race; series; succession; manner; method; mode; career; progress.





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"Of course" Quotes from Famous Books



... community should be taxed by the legislature unless that community is, or might have been represented in such legislature.—Hence several towns in this State till lately, were not represented in the General Assembly, and of course not taxed.— Barkhempsted, Colebrook, and Winchester, it is believed, ...
— Count The Cost • Jonathan Steadfast
... extinguished. Struck by these remarkable circumstances, a suspicion, which he would have given much not to have entertained, forced itself upon his mind. As a first measure, and that there might be no doubt whatever on the subject, he broke open the door. Of course it was untenanted. Upon a small table lay the remains of the settler's last meal, but neither knife nor fork, both which articles had been interdicted, were to be found. At the foot of the chair on which he had evidently been seated ...
— The Canadian Brothers - or The Prophecy Fulfilled • John Richardson
... Of course the body plays an immensely important part in the complex story of our existence. It is the machine by which the personal self acts, speaks, loves, hates, chooses, refuses; therefore we can neither ...
— The Discipline of War - Nine Addresses on the Lessons of the War in Connection with Lent • John Hasloch Potter
... sympathetic to the middle-classes. Art and a quiet life are incompatible I think; some stress and turmoil there must be. Need I add that in the snuggest age of materialism great artists may arise and flourish? Of course: but when the production of good art is at all widespread and continuous, near at hand I shall expect to find a restless generation. Also, having marked a period of spiritual stir, I shall look, not far off, for its manifestation ...
— Art • Clive Bell
... "Of course you can, Jess," he said eagerly. "I don't guess there's another woman around who can manage things like you. You don't never grumble at things, and goodness knows I couldn't blame you any, if you did. But—but ther' seems such a heap to be done—for you to do," he went on, glancing with mild vengefulness ...
— The Twins of Suffering Creek • Ridgwell Cullum


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