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ALL meanings of in due course

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  • adverb in due course in normal run of events 1
  • adverb in due course after expected time 1
  • noun in due course a direction or route taken or to be taken. 1
  • noun in due course the path, route, or channel along which anything moves: the course of a stream. 1
  • noun in due course advance or progression in a particular direction; forward or onward movement. 1
  • noun in due course the continuous passage or progress through time or a succession of stages: in the course of a year; in the course of the battle. 1
  • noun in due course the track, ground, water, etc., on which a race is run, sailed, etc.: One runner fell halfway around the course. 1
  • noun in due course a particular manner of proceeding: a course of action. 1
  • noun in due course a customary manner of procedure; regular or natural order of events: as a matter of course; the course of a disease. 1
  • noun in due course a mode of conduct; behavior. 1
  • noun in due course a systematized or prescribed series: a course of lectures; a course of medical treatments. 1
  • noun in due course a program of instruction, as in a college or university: a course in economics. 1
  • noun in due course a prescribed number of instruction periods or classes in a particular field of study. 1
  • noun in due course a part of a meal served at one time: The main course was roast chicken with mashed potatoes and peas. 1
  • noun in due course Navigation. the line along the earth's surface upon or over which a vessel, an aircraft, etc., proceeds: described by its bearing with relation to true or magnetic north. a point of the compass. 1
  • noun in due course Nautical. the lowermost sail on a fully square-rigged mast: designated by a special name, as foresail or mainsail, or by the designation of the mast itself, as fore course or main course. 1
  • noun in due course Building Trades. a continuous and usually horizontal range of bricks, shingles, etc., as in a wall or roof. 1
  • noun in due course one of the pairs of strings on an instrument of the lute family, tuned in unison or in octaves to increase the volume. 1
  • noun in due course the row of stitches going across from side to side in knitting and other needlework (opposed to wale). 1
  • noun in due course Often, courses. the menses. 1
  • noun in due course a charge by knights in a tournament. 1
  • noun in due course a pursuit of game with dogs by sight rather than by scent. 1
  • noun in due course golf course. 1
  • noun in due course a race. 1
  • verb with object in due course to run through or over. 1
  • verb with object in due course to chase; pursue. 1
  • verb with object in due course to hunt (game) with dogs by sight rather than by scent. 1
  • verb with object in due course to cause (dogs) to pursue game by sight rather than by scent. 1
  • verb with object in due course Masonry. to lay (bricks, stones, etc.) in courses. 1
  • verb without object in due course to follow a course; direct one's course. 1
  • verb without object in due course to run, race, or move swiftly: The blood of ancient emperors courses through his veins. 1
  • verb without object in due course to take part in a hunt with hounds, a tilting match, etc. 1
  • idioms in due course in due course, in the proper or natural order of events; eventually: They will get their comeuppance in due course. 1
  • idioms in due course of course, certainly; definitely: Of course I'll come to the party. in the usual or natural order of things: Extra services are charged for, of course. 1
  • phrase in due course If you say that something will happen or take place in due course, you mean that you cannot make it happen any quicker and it will happen when the time is right for it. 0
  • noun in due course at some future time, esp the natural or appropriate time 0
  • noun in due course in the usual or proper sequence (of events) 0
  • adverb in due course When the time is right; presently. 0
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