court
Part of speech: noun
verb
Morphological type: simple
Topics: biology
hobbies
law
lifestyle
natural-sciences
ornithology
sports
Etymology: From Middle English court, from Old French cort, curt, from Late Latin cōrs, contracted from Latin cohors. Doublet of cohort.
A court (noun sense 4.2) assembled to hear the testimony of Charles Lindbergh. The room is also a court (noun sense 4.1).
Professional tennis players playing on a tennis court (noun sense 5) in New Delhi, India
Inflected forms:
form: courts
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: courts
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: courting
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: courted
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: courted
pos: verb
tags: past
Senses:
gloss: An enclosed space; a courtyard; an uncovered area shut in by the walls of a building, or by different buildings; also, a space opening from a street and nearly surrounded by houses; a blind alley.
pos: noun
examples: The girls were playing in the court.
All round the cool green courts there ran a row / Of cloisters, branched like mighty woods, / Echoing all night to that sonorous flow / Of spouted fountain floods.
Goldsmith took a garret in a miserable court.
gloss: An enclosed space; a courtyard; an uncovered area shut in by the walls of a building, or by different buildings; also, a space opening from a street and nearly surrounded by houses; a blind alley.
pos: noun
tags: Australia
US
gloss: An enclosed space; a courtyard; an uncovered area shut in by the walls of a building, or by different buildings; also, a space opening from a street and nearly surrounded by houses; a blind alley.
pos: noun
tags: Hong-Kong
gloss: An enclosed space; a courtyard; an uncovered area shut in by the walls of a building, or by different buildings; also, a space opening from a street and nearly surrounded by houses; a blind alley.
pos: noun
tags: Hong-Kong
gloss: Royal society.
pos: noun
examples: The noblemen visited the queen in her court.
This our court, infected with their manners, / Shows like a riotous inn.
gloss: Royal society.
pos: noun
examples: Meronym: royal household
The queen and her court traveled to the city to welcome back the soldiers.
My lord, there is a nobleman of the court at door would speak with you.
Love rules the court, the camp, the grove.
gloss: Royal society.
pos: noun
examples: The princesses[…] held their court within the fortress.
gloss: Attention directed to a person in power; behaviour designed to gain favor; politeness of manner; civility towards someone.
pos: noun
examples: No solace could her paramour entreat / Her once to show, ne court, nor dalliance.
I went to make court to the Duke and Duchess of Newcastle at their house in Clerkenwell.
gloss: The administration of law.
pos: noun
examples: Many famous criminals have been put on trial in this court.
gloss: The administration of law.
pos: noun
examples: The court started proceedings at 11 o'clock.
Next month, Clemons will be brought before a court presided over by a "special master", who will review the case one last time. The hearing will be unprecedented in its remit, but at its core will be a simple issue: should Reggie Clemons live or die?
536(2.1). ... You have the option to elect to be tried by a provincial court judge without a jury; or you may elect to be tried by a judge without a jury; or you may elect to be tried by a court composed of a judge and jury.
gloss: The administration of law.
pos: noun
examples: Each province in Canada has three courts: a provincial court, a superior court, and a court of appeals.
gloss: The administration of law.
pos: noun
tags: capitalized
often
examples: A case conference in person was convened.... To emphasize that it was a Court proceeding the Court was gowned.
[5]... defence alleges there is a reasonable apprehension of bias based on the cumulative effect of several issues including the following: (1) The Court was “crying” during the victim impact statement; (2) The Court laughed or “scoffed” when defence stated its sentencing position; ...(6) The Court’s tone, facial expression and demeanor throughout the proceedings...
gloss: The administration of law.
pos: noun
examples: The court is now in session.
On Thursday morning, a Hennepin County judge formally sentenced Julissa Thaler to the life sentence for Eli Hart's murder. […] After court, family said their focus now turns to fundraising a playground in Mound in Eli Hart's honor […]
gloss: The administration of law.
pos: noun
gloss: A place arranged for playing the games of tennis, basketball, handball, badminton, volleyball, squash and some other games
pos: noun
examples: The local sports club has six tennis courts and two squash courts.
The shuttlecock landed outside the court.
By one o'clock the place was choc-a-bloc. […] The restaurant was packed, and the promenade between the two main courts and the subsidiary courts was thronged with healthy-looking youngish people, drawn to the Mecca of tennis from all parts of the country.
gloss: A place arranged for playing the games of tennis, basketball, handball, badminton, volleyball, squash and some other games
pos: noun
examples: The photograph at left captures a great serve by Dr. Sadowsky, who will never forget one of Bobby Riggs's serves, which had such a great spin that it landed in his court and bounced back to the other side of the net before he had a chance to return it.
gloss: A space prepared and decorated by certain bird species in which to advertise themselves for a mate.
pos: noun
examples: The male Wilson's bird of paradise clears an area of rainforest to create a court in which to perform an elaborate mating dance.
gloss: To seek to achieve or win (a prize).
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: He was courting big new accounts that previous salesmen had not attempted.
On the contrary, they employed the brief respite that was left them in fortifying one another's courage, and in bearing testimony to the truth in so earnest a manner that they might almost seem to have courted the crown of martyrdom.
Guilt and misery shrink, by a natural instinct, from public notice: they court privacy and solitude: and even in their choice of a grave will sometimes sequester themselves from the general population of the churchyard […]
gloss: To risk (a consequence, usually negative).
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: She courted controversy with her frank speeches.
It is not unknown for hot axleboxes to fail completely and for wagons to become derailed as a result. Surely it is courting disaster to allow a train to proceed for up to seven miles with a defective vehicle before it can be brought to a halt?
gloss: To attempt to attract, in any way; to invite by attractions.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: Near-synonyms: entice, allure; see also Thesaurus:allure
gloss: To attempt to attract, in any way; to invite by attractions.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: If either of you both love Katharina […] / Leave shall you have to court her at your pleasure.
gloss: To attempt to attract, in any way; to invite by attractions.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: The bird was courting a potential mate by performing an elaborate dance.
At this time of year, you can see many animals courting.
By one person, however, Portland was still assiduously courted, and that person was the king.
[…] a well-worn pathway courted us / To one green wicket in a privet hedge […]
It is a grim, grey old town, standing on bleak, precipitous cliffs that court every passing hurricane, […]
gloss: To attempt to attract, in any way; to invite by attractions.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
gloss: To attempt to attract, in any way; to invite by attractions.
pos: verb
tags: intransitive
transitive
examples: She's had a few beaus come courting.
Related words: courtship
court-noué
Derived words: accourt
administrative court
agreement on the choice of court
all-court
all-court press
anticourt
apex court
appeal court
appeals court
appellate court
auto court
backcourt
badminton court
ballcourt
baron court
base court
basketball court
basse court
blitz court
cabin court
chancery court
charter court
choice of court agreement
civil court
claycourt
clay court
constitutional court
contempt of court
cottage court
county court
courtable
court appearance
court baron
court-baron
court bouillon
courtbred
court card
court case
court circular
court costs
courtcraft
court-cupboard
court customary
courter
court fee
court fight
courtful
court guide
court hand
court holy bread
court holy water
court-house
courthouse
court in banc
court in bank
court jester
court lady
court-leet
courtless
courtlet
courtlike
courtling
courtly
court-marshal
court martial
court-martial
court-martialed
courtnoll
court of appeal
court of appeals
court of cassation
court of equity
court of first instance
court of honor
court of honour
court of inquiry
court of justice
court of last resort
court of law
court of public opinion
court of record
court of regard
court of second instance
court of world opinion
court order
court packing
court-packing
court piece
court plaster
court poor box
court reporter
court-ridden
court roll
courtroom
court sense
court shoe
courtside
court sword
court tennis
courtward
courtwards
courtwear
courtyard
covered court
crosscourt
cross-court
day in court
deuce court
Diplock court
downcourt
drum-head court
drumhead court-martial
Earl's Court
e-court
endcourt
equity court
family court
food court
forecourt
forest court
friend at court
friend of court
friend of the court
frontcourt
fullcourt
full-court press
full court press
Grange Court
grass court
half-court
halfcourt
half court
half-court line
half-court violation
Hampton Court
hardcourt
hard court
have the ball in one's court
high court
hold court
homecourt
in court
inferior court
in open court
International Criminal Court
juvenile court
kangaroo court
labor court
labour court
laugh out of court
law court
leave the ball in someone's court
lower court
magistrates' court
mags court
manorial court
midcourt
moot court
motor court
multicourt
mustang court
national court
night court
Nightingale court
noncourt
officer of the court
orphans' court
orphan's court
Orphan's court
outcourt
out-of-court
palm court
palm court orchestra
plenary court
police court
prerogative court
probate court
quarter court
quarterly court
you in court
service court
show court
small claims court
squash court
stannary court
subordinate court
suit court
superior court
supreme court
surrogate court
take to court
tennis court
the ball is in someone's court
tourist court
traffic court
trailer court
trial court
upcourt
youth court
court death
uncourting
Translations:
lang: Abkhaz
word: амӡырха
roman: amdzərxa
lang: Albanian
word: oborr
lang: Albanian
word: kopësht
lang: Arabic
word: فِنَاء
roman: fināʔ
lang: Arabic
word: حَوْش
roman: ḥawš
lang: Arabic
word: حوش
roman: ḥōš
lang: Assyrian Neo-Aramaic
word: ܕܲܪܬܵܐ
roman: dārta
lang: Armenian
word: բակ
roman: bak
lang: Avar
word: азбар
roman: azbar
lang: Azerbaijani
word: həyət
lang: Belarusian
word: двор
roman: dvor
lang: Belarusian
word: падво́р'е
roman: padvórʺje
lang: Belarusian
word: падво́рышча
roman: padvóryšča
lang: Bengali
word: অঙ্গন
roman: oṅgon
lang: Bengali
word: উঠোন
roman: uṭhōn
lang: Bulgarian
word: двор
roman: dvor
lang: Burmese
word: အိမ်ဝင်း
roman: im-wang:
lang: Burmese
word: ဝင်း
roman: wang:
lang: Catalan
word: pati
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 庭院
roman: tíngyuàn
lang: Coptic
word: ⲟⲛϩ
roman: onh
lang: Czech
word: dvůr
lang: Czech
word: nádvoří
lang: Danish
word: gårdsplads
lang: Dutch
word: binnenruimte
lang: Dutch
word: koer
lang: Dutch
word: hof
lang: Esperanto
word: korto
lang: Estonian
word: hoov
lang: Finnish
word: sisäpiha
lang: French
word: cour
lang: Georgian
word: ეზო
roman: ezo
lang: German
word: Hof
lang: Bavarian German
word: Huaf
lang: Greek
word: αυλή
roman: avlí
lang: Ancient Greek
word: αὐλή
roman: aulḗ
lang: Hebrew
word: חָצֵר
roman: khatsér
lang: Hindi
word: आंगन
roman: āṅgan
lang: Hindi
word: प्राङ्गण
roman: prāṅgaṇ
lang: Hungarian
word: udvar
lang: Hungarian
word: belső udvar
lang: Indonesian
word: lapangan
lang: Irish
word: clós
lang: Italian
word: cortile
lang: Japanese
word: 中庭
roman: nakaniwa
lang: Japanese
word: 庭
roman: niwa
lang: Kazakh
word: аула
roman: aula
lang: Khmer
word: ប្រលាន
roman: prɑɑlaan
lang: Khmer
word: ប្រាង្គណ៍
roman: praang
lang: Korean
word: 안마당
roman: anmadang
lang: Korean
word: 안뜰
roman: antteul
lang: Northern Kurdish
word: heyet
lang: Northern Kurdish
word: hewş
lang: Kyrgyz
word: короо
roman: koroo
lang: Ladino
word: kortijo
lang: Lao
word: ເດີ່ນ
roman: dœ̄n
lang: Lao
word: ສະໜາມ
roman: sa nām
lang: Latin
word: aula
lang: Latvian
word: sēta
lang: Lithuanian
word: kiemas
lang: Lutuv
word: tlawhmie
lang: Macedonian
word: двор
roman: dvor
lang: Malay
word: laman dalam
lang: Manx
word: close
lang: Middle English
word: court
lang: Mongolian
word: хороо
roman: xoroo
lang: Mongolian
word: хашаа
roman: xašaa
lang: Norman
word: cour
lang: Norwegian Bokmål
word: gårdsplass
lang: Occitan
word: pati
lang: Church Slavic
word: дворъ
roman: dvorŭ
lang: Church Slavic
word: ⰴⰲⱁⱃⱏ
roman: dvorŭ
lang: Ossetian
word: кӕрт
roman: kært
lang: Pashto
word: انګړ
roman: angaṛ
lang: Iranian Persian
word: حِیاط
roman: hiyât
lang: Iranian Persian
word: حَیاط
roman: hayât
lang: Plautdietsch
word: Hoff (nds)
lang: Polish
word: dziedziniec
lang: Polish
word: podwórze
lang: Polish
word: dwór
lang: Portuguese
word: pátio
lang: Romanian
word: curte
lang: Russian
word: двор
roman: dvor
lang: Sanskrit
word: प्राङ्गण
roman: prāṅgaṇa
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: дво̀рӣште
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: дво̑р
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: dvòrīšte
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: dvȏr
lang: Slovak
word: nádvorie
lang: Slovak
word: dvor
lang: Slovene
word: dvorišče
lang: Lower Sorbian
word: dwór
lang: Spanish
word: patio
lang: Spanish
word: callejón
lang: Spanish
word: plazoleta
lang: Swahili
word: korti
lang: Swedish
word: gård
lang: Tajik
word: ҳавлӣ
roman: havli
lang: Telugu
word: ఆవరణ
roman: āvaraṇa
lang: Thai
word: ลาน
roman: laan
lang: Tibetan
word: སྒོ་ར
roman: sgo ra
lang: Tibetan
word: ཁྱམས་ར
roman: khyams ra
lang: Tibetan
word: ར་སྐོར
roman: ra skor
lang: Turkish
word: avlu
lang: Ottoman Turkish
word: آولی
roman: avlı
lang: Ottoman Turkish
word: صحن
roman: sahan
lang: Turkmen
word: howly
lang: Ugaritic
word: 𐎈𐎑𐎗
roman: ḥẓr
lang: Ukrainian
word: двір
roman: dvir
lang: Ukrainian
word: подві́р'я
roman: podvírʺja
lang: Urdu
word: آن٘گَن
roman: āṅgan
lang: Uyghur
word: ھويلى
roman: hoyli
lang: Uzbek
word: hovli
lang: Vietnamese
word: sân
lang: Yiddish
word: הויף
roman: hoyf
lang: Yoruba
word: ọgbà
lang: Yoruba
word: àgbàlá
lang: Arabic
word: مَلْعَب
roman: malʕab
lang: Armenian
word: կորտ
roman: kort
lang: Azerbaijani
word: kort
lang: Belarusian
word: корт
roman: kort
lang: Belarusian
word: пляцо́ўка
roman: pljacówka
lang: Bulgarian
word: корт
roman: kort
lang: Bulgarian
word: площа́дка
roman: ploštádka
lang: Catalan
word: pista de joc
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 場地 /场地
roman: chǎngdì
lang: Czech
word: kurt
lang: Czech
word: dvorec
lang: Danish
word: bane
lang: Dutch
word: baan
lang: Estonian
word: väljak
lang: Finnish
word: kenttä
lang: Finnish
word: tenniskenttä
lang: French
word: court de tennis
lang: French
word: court
lang: Georgian
word: კორტი
roman: ḳorṭi
lang: German
word: Platz
lang: Greek
word: γήπεδο
roman: gípedo
lang: Hungarian
word: pálya
lang: Hungarian
word: sportpálya
lang: Hungarian
word: teniszpálya
lang: Hungarian
word: kosárlabdapálya
lang: Hungarian
word: tollaslabdapálya
lang: Indonesian
word: lapangan
lang: Indonesian
word: gelanggang
lang: Irish
word: cúirt
lang: Italian
word: campo
lang: Japanese
word: コート
roman: kōto
lang: Kazakh
word: корт
roman: kort
lang: Korean
word: 코트
roman: koteu
lang: Kyrgyz
word: корт
roman: kort
lang: Latvian
word: korts
lang: Lithuanian
word: kortas
lang: Macedonian
word: игралиште
roman: igralište
lang: Malay
word: gelanggang
lang: Manx
word: faaie
lang: Norwegian Bokmål
word: bane
lang: Pannonian Rusyn
word: терен
roman: teren
lang: Iranian Persian
word: زَمین
roman: zamin
lang: Polish
word: kort
lang: Portuguese
word: quadra
lang: Romanian
word: teren
lang: Russian
word: корт
roman: kort
lang: Russian
word: площа́дка
roman: ploščádka
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: тѐре̄н
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: ѝгралӣште
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: tèrēn
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: ìgralīšte
lang: Slovak
word: kurt
lang: Slovak
word: dvorec
lang: Slovene
word: igrišče
lang: Spanish
word: cancha
lang: Spanish
word: pista
lang: Swahili
word: korti
lang: Swedish
word: spelplan
lang: Tajik
word: корт
roman: kort
lang: Telugu
word: మైదానము
roman: maidānamu
lang: Thai
word: คอร์ต
roman: kɔ̀ɔt
lang: Turkish
word: kort
lang: Ukrainian
word: корт
roman: kort
lang: Ukrainian
word: майда́нчик
roman: majdánčyk
lang: Uzbek
word: kort
lang: Vietnamese
word: sân
lang: Catalan
word: cortejar
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 追
roman: zhuī
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 追求
roman: zhuīqiú
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 求愛 /求爱
roman: qiú'ài
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 獻殷勤
roman: xiàn yīnqín
lang: Czech
word: dvořit se
lang: Danish
word: gøre kur til
lang: Dutch
word: het hof maken
lang: Dutch
word: vrijen
lang: Esperanto
word: amindumi
lang: French
word: courtiser
lang: French
word: faire la cour (à)
lang: German
word: werben
lang: German
word: den Hof machen
lang: Greek
word: ερωτοτροπώ
roman: erototropó
lang: Ancient Greek
word: μνηστεύω
roman: mnēsteúō
lang: Hebrew
word: חִזֵּר
roman: ẖizzér
lang: Hungarian
word: udvarol
lang: Italian
word: corteggiare
lang: Italian
word: fare la corte
lang: Japanese
word: 求愛する
roman: kyūai suru
lang: Korean
word: 구애하다
roman: guaehada
lang: Luxembourgish
word: freien
lang: Manx
word: sooree
lang: Māori
word: whakaporepore
lang: Norman
word: faithe la carre
lang: Polish
word: zalecać się
lang: Portuguese
word: cortejar
lang: Russian
word: уха́живать
roman: uxáživatʹ
lang: Russian
word: сва́таться
roman: svátatʹsja
lang: Russian
word: добива́ться расположе́ния
roman: dobivátʹsja raspoložénija
lang: Spanish
word: cortejar
lang: Spanish
word: pololear
lang: Spanish
word: galantear
lang: Spanish
word: rondar
lang: Telugu
word: గెలిచే ప్రయత్నము
roman: gelicē prayatnamu
lang: Ottoman Turkish
word: یشیللنمك
roman: yeşillenmek
lang: Ukrainian
word: залиця́тися
roman: zalycjátysja