'Of course' definitions:
Definition of 'of course'
(from WordNet)
adverb
As might be expected; "naturally, the lawyer sent us a huge bill" [syn: naturally, of course, course] [ant: unnaturally]
Definition of 'Of course'
From: GCIDE
- Course \Course\ (k[=o]rs), n. [F. cours, course, L. cursus, fr. currere to run. See Current.]
- 1. The act of moving from one point to another; progress; passage. [1913 Webster]
- And when we had finished our course from Tyre, we came to Ptolemais. --Acts xxi. 7. [1913 Webster]
- 2. The ground or path traversed; track; way. [1913 Webster]
- The same horse also run the round course at Newmarket. --Pennant. [1913 Webster]
- 3. Motion, considered as to its general or resultant direction or to its goal; line progress or advance. [1913 Webster]
- A light by which the Argive squadron steers Their silent course to Ilium's well known shore. --Dennham. [1913 Webster]
- Westward the course of empire takes its way. --Berkeley. [1913 Webster]
- 4. Progress from point to point without change of direction; any part of a progress from one place to another, which is in a straight line, or on one direction; as, a ship in a long voyage makes many courses; a course measured by a surveyor between two stations; also, a progress without interruption or rest; a heat; as, one course of a race. [1913 Webster]
- 5. Motion considered with reference to manner; or derly progress; procedure in a certain line of thought or action; as, the course of an argument. [1913 Webster]
- The course of true love never did run smooth. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 6. Customary or established sequence of events; recurrence of events according to natural laws. [1913 Webster]
- By course of nature and of law. --Davies. [1913 Webster]
- Day and night, Seedtime and harvest, heat and hoary frost, Shall hold their course. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
- 7. Method of procedure; manner or way of conducting; conduct; behavior. [1913 Webster]
- My lord of York commends the plot and the general course of the action. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- By perseverance in the course prescribed. --Wodsworth. [1913 Webster]
- You hold your course without remorse. --Tennyson. [1913 Webster]
- 8. A series of motions or acts arranged in order; a succession of acts or practices connectedly followed; as, a course of medicine; a course of lectures on chemistry. [1913 Webster]
- 9. The succession of one to another in office or duty; order; turn. [1913 Webster]
- He appointed . . . the courses of the priests --2 Chron. viii. 14. [1913 Webster]
- 10. That part of a meal served at one time, with its accompaniments. [1913 Webster]
- He [Goldsmith] wore fine clothes, gave dinners of several courses, paid court to venal beauties. --Macaulay. [1913 Webster]
- 11. (Arch.) A continuous level range of brick or stones of the same height throughout the face or faces of a building. --Gwilt. [1913 Webster]
- 12. (Naut.) The lowest sail on any mast of a square-rigged vessel; as, the fore course, main course, etc. [1913 Webster]
- 13. pl. (Physiol.) The menses. [1913 Webster]
- In course, in regular succession.
- Of course, by consequence; as a matter of course; in regular or natural order.
- In the course of, at same time or times during. "In the course of human events." --T. Jefferson.
- Syn: Way; road; route; passage; race; series; succession; manner; method; mode; career; progress. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'of course'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- absolutely,
- accordingly,
- all right,
- alright,
- alrighty,
- amen,
- and no mistake,
- and so,
- as a consequence,
- as a result,
- as you say,
- assuredly,
- at all events,
- at any rate,
- aye,
- by all means,
- certainly,
- clearly,
- consequently,
- da,
- decidedly,
- decisively,
- definitely,
- distinctly,
- exactly,
- finally,
- fine,
- for a certainty,
- for a fact,
- for certain,
- for sure,
- forsooth,
- good,
- good enough,
- hear,
- in truth,
- inconsequence,
- indeed,
- indeedy,
- inevitably,
- it follows that,
- ja,
- just so,
- mais oui,
- most assuredly,
- most certainly,
- naturally,
- naturellement,
- necessarily,
- nothing else but,
- of necessity,
- OK,
- okay,
- oui,
- positively,
- precisely,
- quite,
- rather,
- really,
- right,
- righto,
- Roger,
- sure,
- sure thing,
- surely,
- therefore,
- to a certainty,
- to be sure,
- truly,
- unequivocally,
- unmistakably,
- very well,
- well and good,
- why yes,
- yea,
- yeah,
- yep,
- yes,
- yes indeed,
- yes indeedy,
- yes sir,
- yes sirree
Words containing 'Of course'
- Course,
- Coursed,
- Coursing,
- In course,
- In the course of,
- courses,
- Base course,
- Blocking course,
- Coursed rubble,
- Coursing joint,
- Footing course,
- Fore course,
- Foundation course,
- Heading course,
- Margin of a course,
- Race course,
- Raking course,
- Random courses,
- Sill course,
- Stretching course,
- To lay the course,
- Water course,
- change course,
- change of course,
- collision course,
- correspondence course,
- course catalog,
- course catalogue,
- course credit,
- course of action,
- course of instruction,
- course of lectures,
- course of study,
- course session,
- crash course,
- damp course,
- elective course,
- extension course,
- golf course,
- in due course,
- links course,
- main course,
- matter of course,
- mizzen course,
- orientation course,
- refresher course,
- required course,
- To take one's own course,
- matter-of-course,
- topping-out course,
- damp-proof course