Course and Wait

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Course verb - To go after or on the track of.

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Wait is an antonym for course in flow topic.

Nearby Words: coursed, coursing, courser, courseware

Wait verb - To remain in place in readiness or expectation of something.

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Course is an antonym for wait.

Nearby Words: waited, waiting, waiter

good	good course	good wait
best	best course	best wait
long	long course	long wait
usual	usual course	usual wait
Other adjectives: short, regular, standard, single, huge, black, last, longest.

Of course he did have a long boring wait ahead of him and needed something to do.

Source: Useful Notes / Seven Years' War
Wait, stupid question, of course you are - because it's the stupidest possible thing you could have done!

Source: The Reason You Suck Speech / SF Debris
She is, of course, never found.Siss continues to wait for Unn, and keeps a promise she gave herself, not forgetting her, while the world around her moves on.

Source: Literature / The Ice Palace

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