correspondence course

noun

1. a course of instruction provided by a correspondence school.

Word History and Origins

Origin of correspondence course¹

First recorded in 1900–05

Example Sentences

I rebuilt my camera for about the twentieth time and just about finished a correspondence course in nucleonics.

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Well, I never saw them danced before, so it must have been by a correspondence course.

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Say,” the lad continued earnestly, “that guy never got his knowledge out of a correspondence course!

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Well, by that, you mean you're still working full time but you are taking the correspondence course also?

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He had earned a diploma by a correspondence course, and had scrabbled together a small practice among retired shopkeepers.

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