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• Coarse — (k[=o]rs), a. [Compar. {Coarser} (k[=o]rs [ e]r); superl. {Coarsest}.] [As this word was anciently written course, or cours, it may be an abbreviation of of course, in the common manner of proceeding, common, and hence, homely, made for common… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Word-sense disambiguation — Disambiguation redirects here. For other uses, see Disambiguation (disambiguation). In computational linguistics, word sense disambiguation (WSD) is an open problem of natural language processing, which governs the process of identifying which… …   Wikipedia

• coarse */ — UK [kɔː(r)s] / US [kɔrs] adjective Word forms coarse : adjective coarse comparative coarser superlative coarsest 1) a coarse substance or surface feels rough and hard a jacket made from coarse grey cloth the coarse outer leaves of the cabbage 2)… …   English dictionary

• Word sense disambiguation — In computational linguistics, word sense disambiguation (WSD) is the process of identifying which sense of a word is used in any given sentence, when the word has a number of distinct senses. For example, consider two examples of the distinct… …   Wikipedia

• coarse — [14] For such an everyday word, the origins of coarse are surprisingly clouded. It first appears in the forms corse or course, and meaning ‘ordinary, everyday’, which has led to speculation that it is an application of the noun course, in the… …   The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

• coarse — [14] For such an everyday word, the origins of coarse are surprisingly clouded. It first appears in the forms corse or course, and meaning ‘ordinary, everyday’, which has led to speculation that it is an application of the noun course, in the… …   Word origins

• dirty word — n. 1. an obscene or coarse word 2. any word or phrase considered unpleasant or offensive in a specific place or context …   English World dictionary

• Audio Engineering Society, Coarse-groove Calibration Discs — Libraries and archives around the world have collections of many thousands of coarse groove mechanical audio recordings, phonograph or gramophone records, largely 78s or 78 rpm discs. This is a substantial recorded heritage of mankind s music and …   Wikipedia

• Bosnian Coarse-Haired Hound — Infobox Dogbreed name= Bosanski Oštrodlaki Gonič, Barak, Bosnian Coarse Haired Hound image caption= Barak altname= Bosnian Broken haired Hound, Bosnian Roughhaired Hound, Bosnian Hound, Illyrian Hound nickname=Barak country= Bosnia and… …   Wikipedia

• Lisa's First Word — Infobox Simpsons episode episode name = Lisa s First Word image caption= Toddler Bart and Baby Lisa. episode no = 69 prod code = 9F08 airdate = December 3, 1992 show runner = Al Jean Mike Reiss writer = Jeff Martin director = Mark Kirkland… …   Wikipedia

• the f-word — n British a coy reference to the taboo word fuck He was very coarse, always scratching himself and saying the f word. (Recorded, middle aged female bus pas senger, London, 1989) …   Contemporary slang