course

Definition

A sequence of events.

Etymology

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.

Example Sentences

• "The normal course of events seems to be just one damned thing after another."
• "The course of true love never did run smooth."
• "Day and night, / Seedtime and harvest, heat and hoary frost, / Shall hold their course."