parallel course

collocation in English

meaningsofparallelandcourse

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parallel
adjective
uk
/ˈpær.ə.lel/us
/ˈper.ə.lel/
If two or more lines, streets, etc. are parallel, the distance between them is the same all along ...
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course
noun
uk
/kɔːs/us
/kɔːrs/
a set of classes or a plan of study on a particular subject, usually leading to an exam ...
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(Definition ofparallelandcoursefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofparallel course

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Note theparallelcourseof the two outlets.
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Presumably, dense neighbourhoods would follow aparallelcourseof development, but at an accelerated rate due to the greater confusability of words in dense neighbourhoods relative to sparse neighbourhoods.
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In the original draft thatparallelcoursewas observed.
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That is not running inparallelcoursewith the unemployment problem in the area.
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Since it was introduced more than 10 years ago invalidity benefit has, traditionally, maintained aparallelcoursewith the level of the retirement pension.
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Thus, aparallelcourseis already set out.
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This war that is going on to-day seems to me to be running a veryparallelcourse.
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Medicine never looks likely to become an exact science in the way that physics and chemistry are, and thisparallelcourseof science and experience must therefore continue.
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Sweeping was accomplished by suspending a serrated wire between two ships on aparallelcourse.
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One solution to this problem was the so-calledparallelcourseof study in scientific and literary subjects.
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Theparallelcoursedid not take hold, however, until the next century.
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Nunsploitation, along with nazisploitation, is a subgenre that ran aparallelcoursealongside women in prison films in the 1970s and 1980s.
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He held this position for many years, and gave aparallelcourseof lectures as professor of the literary faculty in the same city.
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Intellectual and political trends did not follow parallel courses, however, in terms of either progress or patronage.
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In the traditional triple option the backside tailback will take aparallelcoursedown the line of scrimmage keeping a 3 to 5 yard separation with the quarterback.
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As the two columns were steaming on aparallelcoursewith a separation of 1,200 yards (six cables distance) this would have caused the leading ships, the and to collide.
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Tegetthoff turned about so as to prevent the gunboats being cut off, and both flotillas then sailed on aparallelcoursesouthwest, continuing to battle each other.
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Allow me to comment on the parallel courses of action.
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The two branches follow almost parallel courses to the sea.
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The political organs of the armed forces provided parallel courses for illiterate military personnel.
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