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10 Language-to-English DictionariesShort-course
/ˈʃɔːt.kɔːs/Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
A brief, intensive educational program or training course designed to teach specific skills over a short period.
"She enrolled in a short-course on digital marketing to update her professional skills."
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Pertaining to athletic competitions, especially swimming, conducted in a pool of standard shorter length (typically 25 meters or yards).
"He broke the world record during the national short-course swimming championship."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived from the combination of 'short' (from Old English 'sceort', meaning of small length) and 'course' (from Old French 'cours', from Latin 'cursus', meaning a running or journey). Originally used in educational and vocational contexts to denote a condensed program of study, and later adopted in athletics (particularly swimming) to designate competitions held in pools shorter than Olympic standards.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Short-course" is said worldwide
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cours court
Transliteration: kuʁ kuʁ
"Il a suivi un cours court en gestion de projet."
Kurzkurs
Transliteration: ˈkʊʁkʊʁs
"Sie belegt einen Kurzkurs in Webdesign."
corso breve
Transliteration: ˈkorso ˈbrɛːve
"Ha frequentato un corso breve di fotografia."
curso corto
Transliteration: ˈkuɾso ˈkoɾto
"Me matriculé en un curso corto de cocina."
curso de curta duração
Transliteration: ˈkuɾsu dʒi ˈkuɾtɐ duɾaˈsɐ̃w
"Ele fez um curso de curta duração em finanças."
अल्पकालिक पाठ्यक्रम
Transliteration: alpakālik pāṭhyakram
Script: हिंदी देवनागरी
"उसने कंप्यूटर का एक अल्पकालिक पाठ्यक्रम ज्वाइन किया।"
短期课程
Transliteration: duǎnqī kèchéng
Script: 中文汉字
"她报名参加了一个短期课程。"
단기 과정
Transliteration: dangi gwajeong
Script: 한국어 한글
"그는 프로그래밍 단기 과정을 수강했다."
短期コース
Transliteration: tanki kōsu
Script: 日本語
"彼はビジネス英語の短期コースを受講した。"
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