COURSE OF ACTION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does course of action mean? 

• COURSE OF ACTION (noun)
  The noun COURSE OF ACTION has 1 sense:

1. a mode of action

  Familiarity information: COURSE OF ACTION used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• COURSE OF ACTION (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A mode of action

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

course; course of action

Context example:

once a nation is embarked on a course of action it becomes extremely difficult for any retraction to take place

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)

 Context examples 

A systematic course of action that is performed in order to complete a laboratory test.

(Laboratory Test Method, NCI Thesaurus)

A diagnostic or therapeutic course of action usually performed on patients under the age of 18.

(Pediatric Intervention or Procedure, NCI Thesaurus)

A systematic course of action that is performed in order to complete a physical examination.

(Physical Exam Method, NCI Thesaurus)

We are to meet here in my study in half an hour and decide on our course of action.

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)

I think that your course of action is an excellent one.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

He had made up his mind to his course of action, and his frigid lips and cheeks crackled into a chuckle over it.

(Love of Life and Other Stories, by Jack London)

There are a thousand details which I should desire to know before I decide upon our course of action.

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

But while he belied Arthur's description, and appeared a gentle lamb rather than a wild man, he was racking his brains for a course of action.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

It is possible that I may be in a position then to indicate some course of action.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)