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1890, in the meaning defined above

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What is the plural form of the word “coursework”?

I wonder what is the plural form of the word “coursework”?

Courseworks seem to be incorrect.

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"Coursework" is a mass noun, which means it is uncountable and used in similar ways to other mass nouns you might be more familiar with. Think water , love , or ass-kicking .

Here is a sentence from Cambridge English Corpus

Studio courses are intended as the point of integration for all other coursework and educational experiences. ( source )

Similarly, words such as "schoolwork" and "homework" are also mass nouns. You can't count them or pluralize them.

My science teacher always sets a lot of homework.

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  • Ass-kicking is not a mass noun. "If you don't finish this soon I will give you an ass-kicking." Water is primarily a mass noun, and love is commonly a mass noun ('Love is the most important thing to have in your life.'), but is often a countable noun as well ('She is the love of my life.'; 'Find a new love.'). –  Brandin Commented Nov 8, 2018 at 7:02
  • Thanks. Is there any website that I can use to find out if a noun is accountable or not? –  Lei Xun Commented Nov 8, 2018 at 7:49
  • @Brandin A lot of words are not strictly mass nouns. Of course, we could find words that are "more" uncountable than others, whose plural forms are considered non-idiomatic, as examples. I was just giving examples off the top of my head and wasn't trying to list "pure" mass nouns. "Ass-kicking" is also a mass noun. "I have some ass-kicking to do." –  Eddie Kal Commented Nov 8, 2018 at 15:43
  • @LeiXun Try MacMillan and Cambridge Dictionaries. –  Eddie Kal Commented Nov 8, 2018 at 15:44

Coursework (uncountable) can encompass a wide range of activities, including practice, experimentation, research, and writing. As for the latter, the term is a coursework essay , for example:

There was a pile of coursework essays on the table. How many coursework essays have you read today?

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  • noun work assigned to and done by a student during a course of study; usually it is evaluated as part of the student's grade in the course see more see less type of: work activity directed toward making or doing something

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[ kawrs -wurk , kohrs - ]

  • the work required of a student in a particular course of study; classroom work .
  • curricular studies or academic work .

/ ˈkɔːsˌwɜːk /

  • written or oral work completed by a student within a given period, which is assessed as an integral part of an educational course

Word History and Origins

Origin of coursework 1

Example Sentences

Derek Dodson is practicing with the Georgetown University soccer team for a rescheduled season while preparing for the resumption of senior coursework next week.

In San Diego, and throughout the state, an unconscionable number of students are failing or haven’t completed their coursework.

She took a full load of classes in the spring, summer and fall, and in November completed all the coursework for an undergraduate degree in psychology.

Pevzner, who took over the program in 2017, still heads into the field—though day to day he focuses more on developing coursework and swapping insights with similar programs around the world.

Although most schools have increased their offerings of online coursework, the number and sizes of in-person classes vary widely, as does the density of students in on-campus housing.

Digital art coursework at the Rhode Island School of Design simultaneous with an English Ph.D. at Yale?

Her pre-college education had been weak, and Leo was utterly unprepared for the academic part of the coursework.

An obsession with college preparation permeated all of our coursework.

The ad-hocs spent their time badmouthing the profs and tearing apart their coursework.

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Definition of course noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

  • a French/chemistry course
  • course in something He took a course in Russian language and literature.
  • I want to do a course in art and design.
  • The department offers short courses in drama, fiction and poetry.
  • course on something She teaches a course on internet crime.
  • on a course My boss has been on a course this week.
  • You need to go on a management training course .
  • He has recently completed the five-week course .
  • The college runs specialist language courses .
  • I enrolled in a ten-week online course .
  • acquire/​get/​lack (an) education/​training/ (British English) (some) qualifications
  • receive/​provide somebody with training/​tuition
  • develop/​design/​plan a curriculum/ (especially British English) course/ (North American English) program/​syllabus
  • give/​go to/​attend a class/​lesson/​lecture/​seminar
  • hold/​run/​conduct a class/​seminar/​workshop
  • sign up for/​take a course/​classes/​lessons
  • go to/​start preschool/​kindergarten/​nursery school
  • be in (North American English) the first, second, etc. grade/ (British English) year 1, 2. etc. (at school)
  • study/​take/​drop history/​chemistry/​German, etc.
  • (British English) leave/​finish/​drop out of/ (North American English) quit school
  • (North American English) graduate high school/​college
  • be the victim/​target of bullying
  • (British English) play truant from/ (both British English, informal) bunk off/​skive off school (= not go to school when you should)
  • (both especially North American English) skip/​cut class/​school
  • (British English) cheat in/ (North American English) cheat on an exam/​a test
  • get/​be given a detention (for doing something)
  • be expelled from/​be suspended from school
  • do your homework/ (British English) revision/​a project on something
  • work on/​write/​do/​submit an essay/​a dissertation/​a thesis/​an assignment/ (North American English) a paper
  • finish/​complete your dissertation/​thesis/​studies/​coursework
  • hand in/ (North American English) turn in your homework/​essay/​assignment/​paper
  • study/​prepare/ (British English) revise/ (North American English) review/ (North American English, informal) cram for a test/​an exam
  • take/ (both British English) do/​sit a test/​an exam
  • (especially British English) mark/ (especially North American English) grade homework/​a test
  • (British English) do well in/ (North American English) do well on/ (especially North American English, informal) ace a test/​an exam
  • pass/​fail/ (especially North American English, informal) flunk a test/​an exam/​a class/​a course/​a subject
  • apply to/​get into/​go to/​start college/ (British English) university
  • leave/​graduate from law school/​college/ (British English) university (with a degree in computer science)
  • study for/​take/ (British English) do/​complete a law degree/​a degree in physics
  • (both North American English) major/​minor in biology/​philosophy
  • earn/​receive/​be awarded/​get/​have/​hold a master’s degree/​a bachelor’s degree/​a PhD in economics
  • He wore a coarse woollen cloak.
  • She did a course in economics.
  • Psychology is offered as an elective course.
  • She has completed a course in first aid.
  • She withdrew from the course because of illness.
  • Students take required courses in music theory and performance.
  • The course consists of both lectures and practical workshops.
  • The course runs from 10–15 May.
  • The course runs from January till March.
  • The school runs courses all year round.
  • We have designed the course for students at all levels of ability.
  • a course in applied linguistics
  • a course in art history
  • a course on the development of capitalism
  • How much would you pay for a course of driving lessons?
  • I've signed up for an evening course on media techniques.
  • Over 50 students have enrolled on the course.
  • Registration for courses begins tomorrow.
  • She's taking a course in Art and Design.
  • The course is extremely intensive.
  • We offer several management training courses.
  • give somebody
  • put somebody on
  • prescribe (somebody)

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  • course (noun)
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  • crash course (noun)
  • golf course (noun)
  • obstacle course (noun)
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  • refresher course (noun)
  • sandwich course (noun)
  • survey course (noun)
  • due (adjective)
  • justice (noun)
  • matter (noun)
  • nature (noun)
  • of (preposition)
  • pervert (verb)
  • stay (verb)
  • the course of a river
  • a ship's course
  • The pilot brought the plane back on course .
  • The ship was blown off course by a storm.
  • This win puts the team back on course for the championship.
  • The book is generally well written but it occasionally veers off course . [=it has some parts that do not seem to be about what the rest of the book is about]
  • a battle that altered/changed the course of history [=that changed the way things happened in the years that followed]
  • a cross-country/marathon/ski course
  • an introductory/training course
  • I'm taking a few writing courses [= classes ] at the university.
  • She's taking a chemistry course this semester.
  • course materials
  • course work/requirements
  • I have a light/full course load this semester. [=I am taking few/many classes this semester]
  • ( chiefly Brit ) She's beginning a four-year course in chemistry. [=( US ) a four-year chemistry program]
  • Students earn the degree after a two-year course of study .
  • There is no cure, but the treatment will slow the course of the disease.
  • It's something you would never see in the normal/ordinary course of events . [=if things were happening as they usually happen]
  • payments made in the usual/normal/ordinary course of business [=as part of doing regular business]
  • The disease usually runs its course in a few days. [=develops in the usual way; begins, gets worse, and ends]
  • They met 12 times during/in/over the course of a year.
  • facts discovered in the course of research
  • Things will get better in the course of time . [=things will get better as time passes]
  • Our wisest course is to retreat.
  • We're trying to determine the best course of action [=the best actions; the best things to do] at this point.
  • a new course of medication
  • The doctor prescribed a 10-day course of antibiotics.
  • a short/intensive course of therapy
  • We had salad for the first course .
  • You can choose what you want for the main course .
  • A different wine was served with each course .
  • a five- course dinner [=a dinner served in five separate parts]
  • an 18-hole course

in due course

  • His discoveries led, in due course , to new forms of treatment.
  • The reasons will become apparent in due course . [= eventually ]

let nature take its course

  • We're talking, of course , about what happened last night.
  • She was late and rude—so of course she didn't get the job.
  • Of course , it wasn't easy for me to admit I was wrong.
  • “Has the bus already left?” “ Of course .”
  • “May I borrow this book?” “ Of course !” [= absolutely, certainly ]
  • “Will you go?” “ Of course !”
  • “Are you angry with me for being late?” “ Of course not !” [=I am not at all angry]
  • “Did you take the money?” “ Of course not !” [=I definitely did not]
  • Of course we'll be there. We wouldn't miss it for the world!
  • Of course I don't hate you! How could you think such a thing?

par for the course

Pervert the course of justice, stay the course.

  • the blood coursing through my veins
  • Tears were coursing down his cheeks.
for a particular purpose or person
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course noun ( CLASSES )

  • I did a course in creative writing.
  • Julie has signed up for courses on English and French this year .
  • There are still some vacancies for students in science and engineering courses.
  • The course comprises a class book , a practice book and an audio tape .
  • She's been offered a place on the nursing course.
  • academic year
  • access course
  • Advanced Placement
  • asynchronous
  • foundation course
  • grade retention
  • immersion course
  • on a course
  • open admissions
  • the national curriculum
  • work placement

course noun ( SPORTS AREA )

  • He spends every weekend out on the golf course.
  • We walked the course the horses would have to run later .
  • The race was cancelled because the course was waterlogged .
  • He ran the course in less than an hour .
  • Flags mark the course the cyclists will be taking.
  • 18-yard box
  • backstretch
  • ground staff
  • off his/her line idiom
  • out of bounds idiom

course noun ( DEVELOPMENT )

  • action They are considering legal action.
  • course of action They have not yet decided on a particular course of action.
  • measure Measures are in place to prevent flooding.
  • step These simple steps will ensure that infections are not spread.
  • Once we have committed to this course of action there is no going back.
  • We came up against a lot of problems in the course of building our extension .
  • In the course of history , love has driven men and women to strange extremes .
  • I was grateful for his letter which hastened the course of the enquiry .
  • He has been accused of obstructing the course of justice .
  • a means to an end idiom
  • methodological
  • methodologically
  • standard operating procedure
  • stylistically

course noun ( DIRECTION )

  • All attempts at diplomacy have broken down and the two states now appear to be on a collision course.
  • He drove in an erratic course down the road .
  • Some of the frontier between Germany and Poland follows the course of the river Oder
  • The ship held its course.
  • Most parents try to steer a middle course between imposing very strict discipline and letting their kids run wild .
  • against the current
  • circumduction
  • cross-country
  • direction of travel
  • multidirectional

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course noun ( MEAL )

  • If you make the main course, I'll make a dessert .
  • I've only eaten one course and I'm already full .
  • By the time the fourth course was served , I was stuffed to the gills .
  • The average cost of a full three-course meal - appetizer , main course and dessert - including tip and a modest wine is about $25.
  • I had salmon for my main course.
  • accompaniment
  • afternoon tea
  • amuse-bouche
  • English breakfast
  • finger buffet
  • plat du jour
  • ploughman's lunch
  • postprandial

course noun ( MEDICAL TREATMENT )

  • bactericidal
  • biopharmaceutical
  • blister pack
  • post-injection
  • radiation therapy
  • recommended dose
  • restorative

course noun ( LAYER )

  • acoustic tile
  • agglomerate
  • particle board
  • prestressed
  • two-by-four
  • unreinforced
  • wattle and daub

course noun ( BLOOD )

  • be dripping with something idiom
  • brim with something
  • reinjection

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Pronunciation

  • ( Received Pronunciation ) enPR : kôs , IPA ( key ) : /kɔːs/
Audio ( ): ( )
  • Homophone : coarse
  • Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)s
  • ( rhotic ) enPR : kōrs , IPA ( key ) : /koːɹs/
  • ( non-rhotic ) IPA ( key ) : /koəs/
  • ( Tasmania ) IPA ( key ) : /kɜːs/ Homophone : curse ( Tasmania ) Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)s ( Tasmania )
  • ( obsolete ) IPA ( key ) : /kuːɹs/ , /kʊɹs/ [ 3 ]

Etymology 1

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 .

course ( plural courses )

  • c. 1595–1596 (date written), William Shakespeare, “ A Midsommer Nights Dreame ”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies: Published According to the True Originall Copies ( First Folio ), London: [ … ] Isaac Iaggard , and Ed [ ward ] Blount , published 1623 , →OCLC , [ Act I, scene i ] : The course of true love never did run smooth.
  • 1667 , John Milton , “Book X”, in Paradise Lost.   [ … ] , London: [ … ] [ Samuel Simmons ], and are to be sold by Peter Parker   [ … ] ; [ a ] nd by Robert Boulter   [ … ] ; [ a ] nd Matthias Walker,   [ … ] , →OCLC ; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books:   [ … ] , London: Basil Montagu Pickering   [ … ] , 1873 , →OCLC : Day and night, / Seedtime and harvest, heat and hoary frost, / Shall hold their course .
  • A programme , a chosen manner of proceeding.
  • Any ordered process or sequence of steps.
  • 1661 , John Fell , The Life of the most learned, reverend and pious Dr. H. Hammond ‎ [2] : During the whole time of his abode in the university he generally spent thirteen hours of the day in study; by which assiduity besides an exact dispatch of the whole course of philosophy, he read over in a manner all classic authors that are extant [ … ]
  • 1992 August 21, Edwina Currie , Diary : Her course will be ‘ Communication Studies with Theatre Studies’: God , how tedious, how pointless.
  • 2013 July 20, “ The attack of the MOOCs ”, in The Economist , volume 408 , number 8845 : Since the launch early last year of […] two Silicon Valley start-ups offering free education through MOOCs, massive open online courses , the ivory towers of academia have been shaken to their foundations. University brands built in some cases over centuries have been forced to contemplate the possibility that information technology will rapidly make their existing business model obsolete.
  • 1932 , Agatha Christie , The Thirteen Problems : Miss Clark, alarmed at her increasing stoutness, was doing a course of what is popularly known as banting.
  • A stage of a meal. We offer seafood as the first course .
  • 1611 , The Holy Bible,   [ … ] ( King James Version ), London: [ … ] Robert Barker ,   [ … ] , →OCLC , 2 Chronicles 8:14 : He appointed [ … ] the courses of the priests.
  • The itinerary of a race. The cross-country course passes the canal.
  • A racecourse .
  • The path taken by a flow of water; a watercourse .
  • ( sports ) The trajectory of a ball, frisbee etc.
  • ( golf ) A golf course .
  • ( nautical ) The direction of movement of a vessel at any given moment. The ship changed its course 15 degrees towards south.
  • ( navigation ) The intended passage of voyage, such as a boat, ship, airplane, spaceship, etc. A course was plotted to traverse the ocean.
  • 1853 , William Delafield Arnold , Oakfield; or, Fellowship in the East , section II, page 124 : It was curious to Oakfield to be back on the Ferozepore course , after a six months' interval, which seemed like years. How much had happened in these six months!
  • ( nautical ) The lowest square sail in a fully rigged mast, often named according to the mast. Main course and mainsail are the same thing in a sailing ship.
  • 2018 , Gail Kern Paster, The Body Embarrassed ‎ [3] , Cornell University, page 92 : The bleeding body signifies as a shameful token of uncontrol, as a failure of physical self-mastery particularly associated with woman in her monthly " courses ".
  • ( masonry ) A row of bricks or blocks. On a building that size, two crews could only lay two courses in a day.
  • ( roofing ) A row of material that forms the roofing, waterproofing or flashing system.
  • ( textiles ) In weft knitting , a single row of loops connecting the loops of the preceding and following rows.
  • ( music ) One or more strings on some musical instruments (such as the guitar , lute or vihuela ): if multiple, then closely spaced, tuned in unison or octaves and intended to be played together.
  • bird course
  • crash course
  • massive open online course (MOOC)

Derived terms

  • access course
  • aftercourse
  • assault course
  • back course
  • belt course
  • Bestuzhev course
  • blocking course
  • change course
  • clerk of the course
  • collision course
  • confidence course
  • conversion course
  • core course
  • correspondence course
  • course authoring tool
  • course-correct
  • course credit
  • course load
  • course of action
  • course of events
  • course to steer
  • course work
  • cross-course
  • damp course
  • double-course
  • full-course yellow
  • golf course
  • horses for courses
  • in due course ( in course )
  • in full course
  • in the course of time
  • let nature take its course
  • main course
  • matter of course
  • mizzen course
  • obstacle course
  • of course ( of course my horse )
  • ordinary course of business
  • out of course
  • out-of-course
  • par for the course
  • protection course
  • refresher course
  • reverse course
  • ridge course
  • ropes course
  • run its course
  • service course
  • single-course
  • stay the course
  • stretching course
  • stringcourse
  • take its course
  • the course of true love never did run smooth
  • weeder course

Related terms

Descendants, translations.

  (əntʻacʻkʻ)       (posledovatelnost)   , ( ) ,             ,        
       
    (hod)      
            (yāman)
    (dawra), (usually plural)   (dawrāt),   (ḥalaqa dirāsiyya)   (kurs),   (dasəntʻacʻ)   (kurs)     (kurs)     (fo cing )   (kèchéng)                         ,       ,     ,         (kōsu),   (かてい, katei)   (koseu),   (gwajeong)     (kurs)   , ,               ,     ,       ,       (kurs), (usually plural)       (kúrsy)   (tečaj),     ((only college/academic course))       ,             (kurs)       ,           (kurs) ,
    (kurs)           (kurs)
    (bljudo),     (jadene)                 ,                     ,     (cem)   ,                         (bljúdo)             (stráva)
,   ,        
  ,   ,     ,               (patha)
    ,     ,       ,                 ,     ,                   (kurs)    
  (traektorija)           ,                     ,                 (trajektórija)    
  (kurs)     (kurs)     ,       (hánglù)                           (orakh),     (kurs)   ,       ,       (kōsu),   (こうろ, kōro)   (koseu), (hangno)                     (kurs)       ,   ,       (kurs)    
    (kurs)             ,         (kōsu)   (koseu)                 (kurs)          
 
    (redica)           (rjad)
    (red)       ,       (nidbách)          
 
 
,  
)     )     )     ,     )     , )     , )   )   )     )   )     )   , )   )   )     ) )   ) )     ,   )     )     (kurs), )     (xod) )     )     )    

Further reading

course ( third-person singular simple present courses , present participle coursing , simple past and past participle coursed )

  • 2001 , Salman Rushdie , Fury: A Novel , London: Jonathan Cape , →ISBN , page 5 : Sudden anger rose in him. “What I’m looking for,” he barked, “is to be left in peace.” His voice trembled with a rage far bigger than her intrusion merited, the rage which shocked him whenever it coursed through his nervous system, like a flood.
  • 2013 September 20, Martina Hyde, “ Is the pope Catholic? ”, in The Guardian : He is a South American, so perhaps revolutionary spirit courses through Francis's veins. But what, pray, does the Catholic church want with doubt?
  • ( transitive ) To run through or over.
  • c. 1606 (date written), William Shakespeare , “ The Tragedie of Macbeth ”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies   [ … ] ( First Folio ), London: [ … ] Isaac Iaggard , and Ed [ ward ] Blount , published 1623 , →OCLC , [ Act I, scene vi ] : We coursed him at the heels.
  • ( transitive ) To cause to chase after or pursue game. to course greyhounds after deer
  • coursing joint
  (protičam)   ,                   (tečʹ),     (bežátʹ), (formal)     (cirkulírovatʹ)  
  (gonja),   (presledvam)   ,           (gnatʹ) + ,     (gnátʹsja) + + ,     (preslédovatʹ)  

Etymology 2

Alternative forms.

course ( not comparable )

  • 1922 , A. M. Chisholm, A Thousand a Plate : " Course it's mighty hard to tell till we've put out a few traps," said the former, "but it looks to me like we've struck it lucky."
  • 1946 , Milton “Mezz” Mezzrow , Bernard Wolfe , “Tell a Green Man Something”, in Really the Blues , New York, N.Y.: Random House , book 3 (1928–1935: The Big Apple) , page 209 : Course , my home wasn't exactly in Harlem [ … ]
  • ^ “ course ”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary , Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster , 1996–present. (uses the notation ˈkȯrs , or in IPA [ˈkoɚs, ˈkɔɚs])
  • ^ “ course ”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged , Dictionary.com, LLC , 1995–present. (uses the notation /kɔrs, koʊrs/)
  • ^ Jespersen, Otto ( 1909 ) A Modern English Grammar on Historical Principles (Sammlung germanischer Elementar- und Handbücher; 9)‎ [1] , volumes I: Sounds and Spellings, London : George Allen & Unwin , published 1961 , § 13.36 , page 368 .
  • Couser , Crouse , Crusoe , cerous , coures , crouse , source

From English course .

  • Cantonese ( Jyutping ) : ko 1 si 2
  • Jyutping : ko 1 si 2
  • Yale : k ō sí
  • Cantonese Pinyin : ko 1 si 2
  • Guangdong Romanization : ko 1 xi 2
  • Sinological IPA ( key ) : /kʰɔː ⁵⁵ siː³⁵/
  • ( Hong Kong Cantonese ) course ; learning programme ( Classifier : 個 / 个 c ) 報 course / 报 course [ Cantonese ]   ―  bou 3 ko 1 si 2 [Jyutping]   ―  to apply for a course
  • ( Hong Kong Cantonese ) course ; programme for treatment
  • English Loanwords in Hong Kong Cantonese

From Old French cours , from Latin cursus ( “ course of a race ” ) , from currō ( “ run ” ) , with influence of Italian corsa .

  • IPA ( key ) : /kuʁs/
Audio: ( )

course   f ( plural courses )

  • run , running

Usage notes

  • course is a false friend , it does not mean "course". To translate the English word course to French, use cours .
  • au pas de course
  • champ de course
  • cheval de course
  • course aux armements
  • course aux flambeaux
  • course d’obstacles
  • course d’orientation
  • course sur luge
  • faire les courses
  • luge de course
  • résultat des courses
  • → Catalan: cursa
  • → Dutch: koers
  • → Romanian: cursă
  • → Swedish: kosa
  • → Vietnamese: cuốc
  • “ course ”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [ Digitized Treasury of the French Language ] , 2012 .
  • coeurs , cœurs

Middle English

  • Alternative form of cours

From Old French cours , from Latin cursus ( “ course of a race ” ) , from currō ( “ run ” ) .

  • ( Jersey ) course

coursework plural

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