"weeder course" meaning in English

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      "form": "weeder courses",
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      "expansion": "weeder course (plural weeder courses)",
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  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
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          "kind": "other",
          "name": "American English",
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      "glosses": [
        "An introductory university course that is designed to \"weed out\" those students who are not able to pass it."
      ],
      "id": "en-weeder_course-en-noun-Dsq8CPMK",
      "links": [
        [
          "university",
          "university"
        ],
        [
          "course",
          "course"
        ],
        [
          "weed out",
          "weed out"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(US, colloquial) An introductory university course that is designed to \"weed out\" those students who are not able to pass it."
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "word": "gut course"
        }
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "weeder class"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "US",
        "colloquial"
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "Translations",
          "tags": [
            "Belgium",
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "cours à pète"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "weeder course"
}

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    {
      "form": "weeder courses",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
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      "expansion": "weeder course (plural weeder courses)",
      "name": "en-noun"
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  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "gut course"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
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        "American English",
        "English colloquialisms",
        "English countable nouns",
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
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        "English multiword terms",
        "English nouns",
        "Translation table header lacks gloss"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "An introductory university course that is designed to \"weed out\" those students who are not able to pass it."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "university",
          "university"
        ],
        [
          "course",
          "course"
        ],
        [
          "weed out",
          "weed out"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(US, colloquial) An introductory university course that is designed to \"weed out\" those students who are not able to pass it."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "weeder class"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "US",
        "colloquial"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
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      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "tags": [
        "Belgium",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "cours à pète"
    }
  ],
  "word": "weeder course"
}