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COURSE OF ACTION
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A mode of action
Example:
once a nation is embarked on a course of action it becomes extremely difficult for any retraction to take place
Synonyms:
course; course of action
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("course of action" is a kind of...):
action (something done (usually as opposed to something said))
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "course of action"):
blind alley ((figurative) a course of action that is unproductive and offers no hope of improvement)
collision course (a course of action (following a given idea) that will lead to conflict if it continues unabated)
path; way; way of life (a course of conduct)
