ETYM French cours, course, Latin cursus, from currere to run. Related to Current.
(Homonym: coarse).
1. A mode of action.
2. General line of orientation; SYN. trend.
3. Part of a meal served at one time.
4. Education imparted in a series of lessons or class meetings; SYN. course of study, course of instruction, class.
5. A layer of masonry; SYN. row.
6. A connected series of events or actions or developments; or; SYN. line.
Base, fondation. Reposer sur des assises solides.
ETYM Old Eng. sete, Icel. saeti; akin to Swed. säte, Dan. saede, Mid. High Germ. sâze, as. set, setl, and Eng. sit. Related to Sit, Settle.
1. A center of authority (as a city from which authority is exercised).
2. A space reserved for sitting (as in a theater or on a train or airplane); SYN. place.
3. Any support where one can sit (especially the part of a chair or bench etc. on which one sit).
4. Furniture that is designed for sitting on.
5. The cloth that covers the buttocks.