Adult Definition–adjective | 1. | having attained full size and strength; grown up; mature: an adult person, animal, or plant. | | 2. | of, pertaining to, or befitting adults. | | 3. | intended for adults; not suitable for children: adult entertainment. | –noun | 4. | a person who is fully grown or developed or of age. | | 5. | a full-grown animal or plant. | | 6. | a person who has attained the age of maturity as specified by law. | |
From Dictionary Education Definition–noun | 1. | the act or process of imparting or acquiring general knowledge, developing the powers of reasoning and judgment, and generally of preparing oneself or others intellectually for mature life. | | 2. | the act or process of imparting or acquiring particular knowledge or skills, as for a profession. | | 3. | a degree, level, or kind of schooling: a university education. | | 4. | the result produced by instruction, training, or study: to show one's education. | | 5. | the science or art of teaching; pedagogics. | |
From Dictionary Course Definition–noun | 1. | a direction or route taken or to be taken. | | 2. | the path, route, or channel along which anything moves: the course of a stream. | | 3. | advance or progression in a particular direction; forward or onward movement. | | 4. | the continuous passage or progress through time or a succession of stages: in the course of a year; in the course of the battle. | | 5. | the track, ground, water, etc., on which a race is run, sailed, etc.: One runner fell halfway around the course. | | 6. | a particular manner of proceeding: a course of action. | | 7. | a customary manner of procedure; regular or natural order of events: as a matter of course; the course of a disease. | | 8. | a mode of conduct; behavior. | | 9. | a systematized or prescribed series: a course of lectures; a course of medical treatments. | | 10. | a program of instruction, as in a college or university: a course in economics. | | 11. | a prescribed number of instruction periods or classes in a particular field of study. | | 12. | a part of a meal served at one time: The main course
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was roast chicken with mashed potatoes and peas. | | 13. | Navigation. | a. | the line along the earth's surface upon or over which a vessel, an aircraft, etc., proceeds: described by its bearing with relation to true or magnetic north. | | b. | a point of the compass. | | | 14. | Nautical. the lowermost sail on a fully square-rigged mast: designated by a special name, as foresail or mainsail, or by the designation of the mast itself, as fore course or main course. | | 15. | Building Trades. a continuous and usually horizontal range of bricks, shingles, etc., as in a wall or roof. | | 16. | one of the pairs of strings on an instrument of the lute family, tuned in unison or in octaves to increase the volume. | | 17. | the row of stitches going across from side to side in knitting and other needlework (opposed to wale ). | | 18. | Often, courses. the menses. | | 19. | a charge by knights in a tournament. | | 20. | a pursuit of game with dogs by sight rather than by scent. | –verb (used with object) | 23. | to run through or over. | | 25. | to hunt (game) with dogs by sight rather than by scent. | | 26. | to cause (dogs) to pursue game by sight rather than by scent. | | 27. | Masonry. to lay (bricks, stones, etc.) in courses. | –verb (used without object) | 28. | to follow a course; direct one's course. | | 29. | to run, race, or move swiftly: The blood of ancient emperors courses through his veins. | | 30. | to take part in a hunt with hounds, a tilting match, etc. | —Idioms | 31. | in due course, in the proper or natural order of events; eventually: They will get their comeuppance in due course. | | 32. | of course, | a. | certainly; definitely: Of course I'll come to the party. | | b. | in the usual or natural order of things: Extra services are charged for, of course. | | |
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