English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From literal meaning "of the ordinary course of events". Oldest attestation as "of course" from the 1540s, but previously used in the same sense as "by course" (then-spelled "bi cours", sic) since ca. 1300. (Source: Etymonline.com)
of course (not comparable)
- (idiomatic) Indicates enthusiastic agreement.
- Of course I'll go with you.
- (idiomatic) Acknowledges the validity of the associated phrase.
- Of course, there will be a few problems along the way.
- (idiomatic) Asserts that the associated phrase should not be argued, particularly if it is obvious or there is no choice in the matter.
- Of course I know that!
- You will, of course, surrender all your future rights to the property.
Synonyms[edit]
Translations[edit]
naturally
- Afrikaans: natuurlik (af)
- Albanian: natyrisht (sq), sigurisht (sq)
- Alviri-Vidari: البته (albatte)
- Arabic: طبعًا (ar) (Táb3an), بالتأكيد (ar) (bi-l-ta'kiid)
- Armenian: իհարկե (hy) (iharke), անշուշտ (hy) (anšušt), անկասկած (hy) (ankaskaç)
- Belarusian: вядома (be) (vjadóma)
- Bengali: অবশ্য (bn), অবশ্যই (bn)
- Bulgarian: разбира се (bg) (razbíra se)
- Catalan: és clar (ca)
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 當然 (cmn), 当然 (cmn) (dāngrán)
- Czech: samozřejmě (cs)
- Danish: selvfølgelig (da), naturligvis (da)
- Dutch: natuurlijk (nl), tuurlijk (nl) (informal)
- Esperanto: kompreneble (eo)
- Estonian: muidugi (et)
- Faroese: sjálvandi (fo)
- Finnish: tietysti (fi), tietenkin (fi), totta kai (fi), ilman muuta (fi)
- French: bien sûr (fr), bien entendu (fr), naturellement (fr)
- Georgian: რა თქმა უნდა (ka) (ra t’k’ma unda), ცხადია (ka) (c’xadia)
- German: selbstverständlich (de), natürlich (de), sicher (de)
- Greek: βέβαια (el) (vévaia), φυσικά (el) (fysiká)
- Guernésiais: comme de raisaon
- Hindi: ज़रूर (hi) (zarūr)
- Hungarian: persze (hu), természetesen (hu)
- Icelandic: auðvitað (is), að sjálfsögðu (is)
- Ido: komprenende (io)
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- Indonesian: tentu (id)
- Italian: certo (it), per forza (it), naturalmente (it)
- Japanese: 勿論 (ja), もちろん (ja) (mochiron), 当然 (ja) (とうぜん, tōzen)
- Khmer: ថីមិន (km) (tʰəy mɨn)
- Korean: 물론 (ko) (mullon) (勿論 (ko))
- Latin: scilicet (la)
- Latvian: protams (lv)
- Lithuanian: žinoma (lt)
- Macedonian: се разбира (mk) (se rázbira), секако (mk) (sékako)
- Norwegian: selvsagt (no), naturligvis (no), selvfølgelig (no)
- Persian: البته (fa) (albate)
- Polish: oczywiście (pl)
- Portuguese: claro (pt), naturalmente (pt), lógico (pt)
- Romanian: bineînțeles (ro), desigur (ro), sigur (ro)
- Russian: конечно (ru) (konéčno) (read: konéšno), а как же (ru) (a kak že), ещё бы (ru) (ješčó by), разумеется (ru) (razuméjetsja), естественно (ru) (jestéstvenno)
- Slovak: samozrejme (sk)
- Slovene: sevéda (sl)
- Spanish: por supuesto (es), desde luego (es), claro (es)
- Swedish: förstås (sv), naturligtvis (sv), självklart (sv), givetvis (sv)
- Thai: แน่นอน (th) (nâe non)
- Turkish: tabii ki (tr)
- Ukrainian: звичайно (uk) (zvyčájno)
- Urdu: ضرور (ur) (zarūr)
- Vietnamese: tất nhiên (vi)
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