of course

1. Certainly, as in Of course I'll answer the phone , or Are you going to the meeting?—Of course . [Early 1800s] Also see matter of course .

2. In the customary or expected order, naturally, as in The new minister did not, of course, fire the church secretary . This usage, first recorded in 1548, employs course in the sense of “ordinary procedure.”

Example Sentences

Next thing we have to do is a new record, of course.

From Los Angeles Times

It's a drum he beats repeatedly, arguing that "patriots" — meaning, of course, white men — are unwilling to serve lest they be exposed to "CRT, DEI nonsense, all the gender nonsense."

From Salon

He is of course, referring to Homer's epic poem that follows the travels of Odysseus and his crew, who faced perils such a the monster Scylla and giant whirlpool Charybdis.

From Salon

“It was another five months before we got back onto that street. And, of course, there are those who were saying, ‘Just cut it, you don’t need it.’

From Los Angeles Times

“But, of course, we’re episodic producers and a show of this scale, if it succeeds, you’re always going to want to try and bring it back one way or another.”

From Los Angeles Times