"course of action" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: courses of action [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|courses of action}} course of action (plural courses of action)
  1. A plan; a set of intended actions, through which one intends to achieve a goal. Related terms: action plan Translations (set of intended actions): 計劃 (Chinese Mandarin), 计划 (jìhuà) (Chinese Mandarin), 行動 (Chinese Mandarin), 行动 (xíngdòng) (Chinese Mandarin), 辦法 (Chinese Mandarin), 办法 (bànfǎ) (Chinese Mandarin), toimintalinja (Finnish), marche à suivre [feminine] (French), plan d’action [masculine] (French), Handlungsweise [feminine] (German), fremgangsmåte [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), sposób postępowania [masculine] (Polish), plano de ação [masculine] (Portuguese), procedimiento [masculine] (Spanish), plan de acción [masculine] (Spanish), medidas [feminine, plural] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-course_of_action-en-noun-4Vqa4gb8 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Mandarin terms with redundant transliterations

Inflected forms

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