a forward movement in space or time
progress, advance
Cases of word usage
1) (a piece of) strong, course cloth used for tents, sails, bags etc and by artists for oil-paintings (canvas)
2) (to cause something) to become course (coarsen)
3) a course of study in a school, college etc (curriculum)
4) (of a course or shaded area) marked with patches of different shades of colour (dappled)
5) a course of fruit etc at the end of a meal (dessert)
6) a written paper showing one has completed or passed an examination in a course of study (diploma)
7) a course taken by a moving person or thing; point towards which a person or thing looks or faces (direction)
8) of drive; to operate, direct the course of (a car etc) (drove)
9) a dish served between the fish and the meat course (entree)
10) outside the regular course of academic work or studies (extracurricular)