Meanings
plural courses of action · abbreviation COA
- A plan; a set of intended actions, through which one intends to achieve a goal.
It didn’t stretch too hard attempting to wrap everything up in a bow, but instead focused narrowly on two moments: The aftermath of Daenerys’ brutal violence, and the weeks-later meeting of the rulers of the lands to determine a course of action.
2019 May 19, Alex McLevy, “The final Game Of Thrones brings a pensive but simple meditation about stories (newbies)”, in The A.V. Club, archived from the original on 22 May 2019Synonyms: policy
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA plan; a set of intended actions, through which one intends to achieve a goal.
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Translations
Chinese Mandarin 計劃 /计划, 行動 /行动
- 計劃 /计划 (jìhuà)set of intended actions
- 行動 /行动 (xíngdòng)set of intended actions
- 辦法 /办法 (bànfǎ)set of intended actions
Finnish toimintalinja
- toimintalinjaset of intended actions
French marche à suivre, plan d'action
- marche à suivreset of intended actions
- plan d'actionset of intended actions
German Handlungsweise
- Handlungsweiseset of intended actions
Norwegian Bokmål fremgangsmåte
- fremgangsmåteset of intended actions
Polish sposób postępowania
- sposób postępowaniaset of intended actions
Portuguese plano de ação
- plano de açãoset of intended actions
Spanish procedimiento, plan de acción
- procedimientoset of intended actions
- plan de acciónset of intended actions
- medidasset of intended actions
Cite this entry
course of action. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/course%20of%20action
“course of action.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/course%20of%20action. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “course of action,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/course%20of%20action.
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