Definition of "course of action" []

• A plan; a set of intended actions, through which one intends to achieve a goal. (noun)

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• "But the president wanted the air strike option kept openbecause he had doubts the blockade would work, and perhaps also because he wanted the military to believe that their preferred course of action was receiving full consideration."
• "If the transport changed course, Kirk knew, and headed deeper into the cloud, he would have the choice of abandoning the pursuit or playing tag with some unknown weapon through that mazelike welter of shifting navigation points with the Rapache very likely on his back—neither of which course of action would help Spock any."
• "Although St. Remigius's influence over people and prelates was extraordinary, yet upon one occasion, the history of which has come down to us, his course of action was attacked."