courseware

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US/ˈkɔɹswɛɹ/

noun

Educational software or documents in computerized form that facilitate course-based learning and teaching.

OriginEnglish softwarebf. ← Middle English ware ← Old English waru →
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Meanings

nouncourseware (countable and uncountable, plural coursewares)

plural coursewares

  1. countableuncountablecomputingEducational software or documents in computerized form that facilitate course-based learning and teaching.

    To access integrated courseware simply click launch courseware. Clicking launch courseware will take you to the publisher's website via single sign-on or SSO.

    2021 May 17, Kristin E, “Access Publisher Courseware As a Student from the Learning Management System”, in VitalSource, archived from the original on 11 Aug 2025

Origin

  1. Latincursus
  2. Old Frenchcours
  3. Middle Englishcours
  4. Englishcourse
  5. Proto-West Germanic*samft(ī)
  6. Old Englishsōfte
  7. Middle Englishsofte
  8. Englishsoft
  9. Proto-Germanic*warō
  10. Proto-West Germanic*waru
  11. Old Englishwaru
  12. Middle Englishware
  13. Englishsoftwarebf.
  14. Englishcourseware

From course + -ware.

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Translations

Hebrew לומדה
  • לומדה (lomdá)educational software
Spanish software educacional, software educativo
  • software educacionaleducational software
  • software educativoeducational software
  • software didácticoeducational software

Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

sourceware
Cite this entry
APA

courseware. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/courseware

MLA

“courseware.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/courseware. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “courseware,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/courseware.

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