Course and Intention

Course

Course noun - A way of acting or proceeding.

Usage example: the president's usual course has been to obtain advice from several people and then make up his own mind

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Intention and course are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Intention" instead a noun "Course".

Nearby Words: coursed, coursing, courser, courseware

Intention noun - Something that one hopes or intends to accomplish.

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Course and intention are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Course" instead a noun "Intention".

good	good course	good intention
best	best course	best intention
particular	particular course	particular intention
similar	similar course	similar intention
Other adjectives: usual, right, direct, original, obvious, simple, actual, entire, real, main, new, possible, different, literal.

Nobunaga, of course, had no intention of serving the Muromachi shogunate and devoted his work instead to consolidating his territory in central Japan.

Source: Useful Notes / Sengoku Period
Of course, Sergey's wife has no intention of leaving her husband for the werewolf, but Owl couldn't care less, planning on casting a Mind Control spell on her.

Source: Murder the Hypotenuse
He asks if she wants to come to dinner (with the intention, of course, of eating her).

Source: Mugging The Monster / Literature

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