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course of action

NOUN
line
Synonyms
STRONGEST
course position program route system
STRONG
approach avenue ideology method polity practice principle procedure scheme
NOUN
plan
Synonyms
STRONGEST
arrangement deal idea intention method policy procedure program project proposal strategy suggestion system treatment
STRONG
aim angle animus contrivance device disposition expedient gimmick intent layout machination meaning means orderliness outline pattern picture platform plot projection proposition purpose scenario stratagem tactics trick undertaking
WEAK
big picture game plan ground plan
Antonyms
STRONG
disorganization
NOUN
process
Synonyms
STRONGEST
action case course development growth means measure mechanism movement operation practice procedure proceeding progress rule step system technique trial way
STRONG
advance channels evolution fashion formation manner mode outgrowth performance progression routine stage suit transaction unfolding wise working
WEAK
modus operandi red tape
Antonyms
STRONGEST
cessation decline decrease idleness ignorance inaction inactivity stoppage
STRONG
failure halt
NOUN
system
Synonyms
STRONGEST
arrangement operation policy practice procedure process scheme strategy structure technique
STRONG
artifice custom fashion manner methodicalness methodology mode orderliness pattern proceeding regularity routine systematization tactics theory usage way wise
WEAK
definite plan logical process modus modus operandi orderly process systematic process
Antonyms
STRONG
reality
WEAK
cog disorder disorganization part
NOUN
way
Synonyms
STRONGEST
action approach course fashion form idea manner means measure move plan practice procedure process step style system use
STRONG
contrivance custom design expedient groove habit habitude instrument kick mode outline plot policy scheme shot stroke tack usage wont
WEAK
modus

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Secondly a feasible alternative course of action must have been available . . . third . . . the policy in question should be that of a group, not an individual leader.

From Salon ● Oct. 27, 2026

But his doctors have said Leo's recovery has been progressing normally as they await the results of tests that will determine the course of action to take.

From Barron's ● Oct. 17, 2026

Sometimes the best course of action to take on Wall Street is the opposite of what everybody else is doing.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 25, 2026

But Faceland told her the best course of action was seeking treatment local to her.

From BBC ● Sep. 23, 2026

I neither wanted to offend the secretaries nor alienate my new colleague, so I settled on what seemed to me the most prudent course of action: I declined to have any tea at all.

From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela

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