'course

See also: course and coursé

English

Alternative forms

• course

Adverb

'course (not comparable)

1. Contraction of of course.
   • 1876, Mark Twain [pseudonym; Samuel Langhorne Clemens], chapter XXIII, in The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, Hartford, Conn.: The American Publishing Company, →OCLC, page 182:

     “Huck, have you ever told anybody about that?” “’Bout what?” “You know what.” “Oh—’course I haven’t.”

   • 2002, Jane Green, Bookends, trade paperback, published 2003, →ISBN, page 33:

     " […] she'd probably find something wrong with him too. Wouldn't you?" He looked at me.
     "'Course," I said, examining the picture before exclaiming very seriously, "His hair's too greasy."

Anagrams

• Couser, Crouse, Crusoe, cerous, coures, crouse, source