Phrase guide

of course

adj · adv · intj · 6 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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  • Received-Pronunciation: /əv ˈkɔːs/
  • General-American: /əv ˈkɔɹs/
  • /əv ˈkoə(ɹ)s/ without the horse–hoarse merger
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1

adj

Meaning 1

That is part of ordinary behaviour or custom; customary, natural.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Qualifier: now rare except in matter of course

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

adv

Meaning 2

In due course; as a matter of course; as a natural result.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: archaic, not-comparable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

adv

Meaning 3

Naturally; as would be expected; for obvious reasons, obviously.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

Examples

  • Of course I know that!
  • You will of course surrender all your future rights to the property.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: naturally, indisputably

Antonyms: none provided

4

intj

Meaning 4

Indicates enthusiastic agreement.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • Will you come with me? — Of course!

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: absolutely, certainly

Antonyms: none provided

5

intj

Meaning 5

Used to acknowledge thanks; ritual reply to thank you.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • Thank you! — Of course!

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: no problem, you're welcome

Antonyms: none provided

6

adverb

Meaning 6

as might be expected

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • naturally, the lawyer sent us a huge bill

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: naturally, course

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

No etymology was provided for this word.

Across languages

Translations

239 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: natuurlik — naturally
  • Albanian: natyrisht — naturally
  • Albanian: sigurisht — naturally
  • Alviri-Vidari: البته (albatte) — naturally
  • Arabic: طَبْعًا (ṭabʕan) — naturally
  • Armenian: իհարկե (iharke) — naturally
  • Armenian: անշուշտ (anšušt) — naturally
  • Armenian: անկասկած (ankaskac) — naturally
  • Asturian: vaivá — naturally
  • Asturian: dende llueu — naturally
  • Asturian: claro — naturally
  • Asturian: por de cuntáu — naturally
  • Asturian: naturalmente — naturally
  • Azerbaijani: əlbəttə — naturally
  • Bashkir: әлбиттә (əlbittə) — naturally
  • Belarusian: вядо́ма (vjadóma) — naturally
  • Belarusian: зразуме́ла (zrazumjéla) — naturally
  • Belarusian: натура́льна (naturálʹna) — naturally
  • Bengali: অবশ্য (obośśo) — naturally
  • Bengali: অবশ্যই (obośśoi) — naturally
  • Bengali: আলবৎ (albot) — naturally
  • Central Bikol: siyempre — naturally
  • Bulgarian: разби́ра се (razbíra se) — naturally
  • Burmese: ဟုတ်တာပေါ့ (huttapau.) — naturally
  • Burmese: ဒါပော့ (dapau.) — naturally
  • Catalan: oi tant — naturally
  • Catalan: naturalment — naturally
  • Catalan: ben segur — naturally
  • Catalan: evidentment — naturally
  • Catalan: per descomptat — naturally
  • Chinese Cantonese: 梗係 /梗系 — naturally
  • Chinese Mandarin: 當然 /当然 (dāngrán) — naturally
  • Czech: samozřejmě — naturally
  • Danish: selvfølgelig — naturally
  • Danish: naturligvis — naturally
  • Dutch: natuurlijk — naturally
  • Dutch: tuurlijk — naturally
  • Dutch: uiteraard — naturally
  • Esperanto: kompreneble — naturally
  • Estonian: muidugi — naturally
  • Estonian: ikka — naturally
  • Faroese: sjálvandi — naturally
  • Finnish: tietysti — naturally
  • Finnish: tietenkin — naturally
  • Finnish: totta kai — naturally
  • Finnish: ilman muuta — naturally
  • French: bien sûr — naturally
  • French: bien entendu — naturally
  • French: naturellement — naturally
  • French: évidemment — naturally
  • West-Frisian: fansels — naturally
  • Galician: por suposto — naturally
  • Galician: evidentemente — naturally
  • Georgian: რა თქმა უნდა (ra tkma unda) — naturally
  • Georgian: ცხადია (cxadia) — naturally
  • Georgian: რასაკვირველია (rasaḳvirvelia) — naturally
  • German: natürlich — naturally
  • German: sicher — naturally
  • German: selbstverständlich — naturally
  • German: allerdings — naturally
  • Greek: βέβαια (vévaia) — naturally
  • Greek: φυσικά (fysiká) — naturally
  • Greek: ασφαλώς (asfalós) — naturally
  • Ancient Greek: μέντοι (méntoi) — naturally
  • Greenlandic: soorunami — naturally
  • Hebrew: כַּמּוּבָן (kamuván) — naturally
  • Hindi: ज़रूर (zarūr) — naturally
  • Hindi: अवश्य (avaśya) — naturally
  • Hungarian: persze — naturally
  • Hungarian: természetesen — naturally
  • Hungarian: hogyne — naturally
  • Hungarian: nyilván — naturally
  • Icelandic: auðvitað — naturally
  • Icelandic: að sjálfsögðu — naturally
  • Icelandic: náttúrulega — naturally
  • Ido: komprenende — naturally
  • Ido: sendube — naturally
  • Indonesian: tentu — naturally
  • Indonesian: iya lah — naturally
  • Indonesian: iya dong — naturally
  • Irish: ar ndóigh — naturally
  • Italian: certo — naturally
  • Italian: per forza — naturally
  • Italian: naturalmente — naturally
  • Italian: senz'altro — naturally
  • Japanese: 勿論 (mochiron) — naturally
  • Japanese: 当然 (tōzen) — naturally
  • Japanese: 当たり前 (atarimae) — naturally
  • Kazakh: әрине (ärine) — naturally
  • Kazakh: әлбетте (älbette) — naturally
  • Khmer: ថីមិន (thəy mɨn) — naturally
  • Korean: 물론 (mullon) — naturally
  • Korean: 그럼 (geureom) — naturally
  • Korean: 당연 (dang'yeon) — naturally
  • Kyrgyz: албетте (albette) — naturally
  • Lao: ແນ່ນອນ (nǣ nǭn) — naturally
  • Latin: quippe — naturally
  • Latin: scilicet — naturally
  • Latin: nempe — naturally
  • Latvian: protams — naturally
  • Lithuanian: žinoma — naturally
  • Macedonian: се разбира (se razbira) — naturally
  • Macedonian: секако (sekako) — naturally
  • Malay: sudah semestinya — naturally
  • Malay: sudah tentu — naturally
  • Maltese: mela — naturally
  • Mongolian: мэдээж (medeež) — naturally
  • Nepali: अवश्य पनि (avaśya pani) — naturally
  • Norman: comme de raisaon — naturally
  • Norwegian Bokmål: selvfølgelig — naturally
  • Norwegian Bokmål: naturligvis — naturally
  • Norwegian Bokmål: selvsagt — naturally
  • Norwegian Bokmål: sjølvsagt — naturally
  • Dari: اَلْبَتَّه (albatta) — naturally
  • Iranian Persian: اَلْبَتِّه (albatte) — naturally
  • Polish: oczywiście — naturally
  • Portuguese: claro — naturally
  • Portuguese: naturalmente — naturally
  • Portuguese: lógico — naturally
  • Romanian: bineînțeles — naturally
  • Romanian: desigur — naturally
  • Romanian: sigur — naturally
  • Romanian: firește — naturally
  • Russian: коне́чно (konéšno) — naturally
  • Russian: а ка́к же (a kák že) — naturally
  • Russian: ещё бы (ješčó by) — naturally
  • Russian: разуме́ется (razuméjetsja) — naturally
  • Russian: есте́ственно (jestéstvenno) — naturally
  • Scottish Gaelic: nach eil fhios — naturally
  • Scottish Gaelic: tha fhios — naturally
  • Serbo-Croatian: на́равно — naturally
  • Serbo-Croatian: сва̏ка̄ко — naturally
  • Serbo-Croatian: náravno — naturally
  • Serbo-Croatian: svȁkāko — naturally
  • Slovak: samozrejme — naturally
  • Slovene: sevéda — naturally
  • Lower Sorbian: se wě — naturally
  • Upper Sorbian: so wě — naturally
  • Southern Altai: а база (a baza) — naturally
  • Spanish: por supuesto — naturally
  • Spanish: desde luego — naturally
  • Spanish: claro — naturally
  • Spanish: naturalmente — naturally
  • Spanish: por descontado — naturally
  • Spanish: pues ya — naturally
  • Swedish: förstås — naturally
  • Swedish: naturligtvis — naturally
  • Swedish: självklart — naturally
  • Swedish: givetvis — naturally
  • Swedish: såklart — naturally
  • Tagalog: siyempre — naturally
  • Tagalog: dili-hindi — naturally
  • Tajik: албатта (albatta) — naturally
  • Tatar: әлбәттә (älbättä) — naturally
  • Thai: แน่นอน (nɛ̂ɛ-nɔɔn) — naturally
  • Tibetan: གདོན་མི་འཚལ་བར (gdon mi 'tshal bar) — naturally
  • Tibetan: གོར་མ་ཆག་པར (gor ma chag par) — naturally
  • Tibetan: རྩོད་པ་མེད་པར (rtsod pa med par) — naturally
  • Tibetan: རྩོད་མི་དགོས་པར (rtsod mi dgos par) — naturally
  • Turkish: tabii ki — naturally
  • Turkish: şüphesiz — naturally
  • Turkish: elbette — naturally
  • Turkish: tabii — naturally
  • Turkmen: elbetde — naturally
  • Ukrainian: звича́йно (zvyčájno) — naturally
  • Ukrainian: зрозумі́ло (zrozumílo) — naturally
  • Ukrainian: зві́сно (zvísno) — naturally
  • Ukrainian: авже́ж (avžéž) — naturally
  • Urdu: ضُرُور (zurūr) — naturally
  • Urdu: ہَرْگِز (hargiz) — naturally
  • Urdu: بِٱلْکُل (bilkul) — naturally
  • Uyghur: ئەلۋەتتە (elwette) — naturally
  • Uzbek: albatta — naturally
  • Uzbek: shubhasiz — naturally
  • Vietnamese: tất nhiên — naturally
  • Vietnamese: dĩ nhiên — naturally
  • Welsh: wrth gwrs — naturally
  • West Flemish: vaneigens — naturally
  • Yiddish: אַוודאי (avade) — naturally
  • Zazaki: eya (diq) — naturally
  • Catalan: oi tant — indication of enthusiastic agreement
  • Catalan: ben segur — indication of enthusiastic agreement
  • Catalan: pla/prou que sí — indication of enthusiastic agreement
  • Chinese Mandarin: 當然 /当然 (dāngrán) — indication of enthusiastic agreement
  • Esperanto: kompreneble — indication of enthusiastic agreement
  • Finnish: tietysti — indication of enthusiastic agreement
  • Finnish: tietenkin — indication of enthusiastic agreement
  • Finnish: totta kai — indication of enthusiastic agreement
  • Finnish: ilman muuta — indication of enthusiastic agreement
  • French: bien sûr — indication of enthusiastic agreement
  • Galician: e logo — indication of enthusiastic agreement
  • Georgian: რა თქმა უნდა (ra tkma unda) — indication of enthusiastic agreement
  • Georgian: როგორ არა (rogor ara) — indication of enthusiastic agreement
  • German: natürlich — indication of enthusiastic agreement
  • German: na klar — indication of enthusiastic agreement
  • German: klaro — indication of enthusiastic agreement
  • German: selbstverständlich — indication of enthusiastic agreement
  • Hungarian: természetesen — indication of enthusiastic agreement
  • Hungarian: persze — indication of enthusiastic agreement
  • Hungarian: hogyne — indication of enthusiastic agreement
  • Hungarian: naná — indication of enthusiastic agreement
  • Ido: komprenende — indication of enthusiastic agreement
  • Italian: certo — indication of enthusiastic agreement
  • Japanese: 勿論 (mochiron) — indication of enthusiastic agreement
  • Latin: sānē — indication of enthusiastic agreement
  • Latvian: protams — indication of enthusiastic agreement
  • Māori: āpāia — indication of enthusiastic agreement
  • Norwegian Bokmål: selvfølgelig — indication of enthusiastic agreement
  • Norwegian Bokmål: selvsagt — indication of enthusiastic agreement
  • Norwegian Bokmål: naturligvis — indication of enthusiastic agreement
  • Polish: oczywiście — indication of enthusiastic agreement
  • Portuguese: claro — indication of enthusiastic agreement
  • Portuguese: com certeza — indication of enthusiastic agreement
  • Romanian: bineînțeles — indication of enthusiastic agreement
  • Russian: коне́чно (konéčno) — indication of enthusiastic agreement
  • Russian: ясен пень (jásen pen') — indication of enthusiastic agreement
  • Russian: ясен хрен (jásen hren) — indication of enthusiastic agreement
  • Kildin-Sami: зоа̄бэль (zååbel’) — indication of enthusiastic agreement
  • Kildin-Sami: ма̄рьтэ (mār’te) — indication of enthusiastic agreement
  • Kildin-Sami: конечнэ (konječne) — indication of enthusiastic agreement
  • Samoan: ae a — indication of enthusiastic agreement
  • Scottish Gaelic: mar eadh — indication of enthusiastic agreement
  • Spanish: claro — indication of enthusiastic agreement
  • Spanish: cómo no — indication of enthusiastic agreement
  • Spanish: por supuesto — indication of enthusiastic agreement
  • Tagalog: siyempre — indication of enthusiastic agreement
  • Tibetan: ཡིན་དང་ཡིན (yin dang yin) — indication of enthusiastic agreement
  • Tibetan: ཡོད་དང་ཡོད (yod dang yod) — indication of enthusiastic agreement
  • Tibetan: ཡིན་དགོས་བྱུང (yin dgos byung) — indication of enthusiastic agreement
  • Tongan: ko ia foki — indication of enthusiastic agreement
  • Ukrainian: звича́йно (zvyčájno) — indication of enthusiastic agreement
  • Zazaki: eya (diq) — indication of enthusiastic agreement
  • Albanian: po patjeter — used to acknowledge thanks
  • Indonesian: iya lah — used to acknowledge thanks
  • Indonesian: iya dong — used to acknowledge thanks
  • Polish: oczywiście — used to acknowledge thanks
  • Spanish: no, de qué — used to acknowledge thanks
  • Spanish: cómo no — used to acknowledge thanks
  • Spanish: por supuesto — used to acknowledge thanks