Bout and Course

Bout

Bout noun - A competitive encounter between individuals or groups carried on for amusement, exercise, or in pursuit of a prize.

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Synonyms for Bout

Course and bout are semantically related. in round topic. In some cases you can use "Course" instead a noun "Bout", when it comes to topics like period of time in which something occurs.

Course

Course noun - A way of acting or proceeding.

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Antonyms for Course

Bout and course are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Bout" instead a noun "Course".

Nearby Words: coursed, coursing, courser, courseware

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good	good bout	good course
special	special bout	special course
long	long bout	long course
elaborate	elaborate bout	elaborate course
Other adjectives: similar, normal, usual, short, single, small, actual, entire, extreme, wrong, quick, new, major, random, next, last, longest.

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Made even funnier by the fact that a quick bout of Fridge Logic on the part of the audience shows that the event (Venice is sinking) isn't actually that much of a disaster, in the fact it's happening in real life, albeit over the course of many years/decades/centuries.

Source: Wedding Smashers
In the end, of course, Braddock wins a stunning and hard-fought bout, enabling a Happily Ever After ending.

Source: Film / Cinderella Man
Of course, Roomies went through its own bout of this starting with the death of Ruth.

Source: Cerebus Syndrome / Web Comics

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