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Definition: Meaning of, court in English to English dictionary.

Pronunciation: / kɔːt /

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court courts
  1. for deciding about a legal case [uncountable and countable] the place where a trial is held, or the people there, especially the judge and the JURY who examine the evidence and decide whether someone is guilty or not guilty
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  2. for playing a sport [countable] an area made for playing games such as tennis [↪  field, pitch]
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  3. king/queen [countable] the place where a king or queen lives and works
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  4. king/queen the court the king, queen, their family, and their friends, advisers etc
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  5. hold court formal to speak in an interesting, amusing, or forceful way so that people gather to listen
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  6. pay court to somebody old-fashioned to give someone a lot of attention to try and make them like you
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  7. area next to a building [countable] a COURTYARD
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Prsesent Past Past Participle
court courted courted
Present Participle Third Person Singular
courting courts
[transitive]
  1. to try hard to please someone, especially because you want something from them
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  2. court danger/death etc formal to behave in a way that makes danger etc more likely
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  3. be courting old-fashioned if a man and a woman are courting, they are having a romantic relationship and may get married
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  4. old-fashioned if a man courts a woman, he spends time being nice to her because he hopes to marry her
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Court


Definition: Meaning of, Court in English to English dictionary.

Pronunciation: / kɔːt /

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  1. born in 1947 australian woman tennis player who won many major championships
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    Margaret Court
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Court used in phrases

  • Appeal Court (noun)
    1. the COURT OF APPEAL
  • Battle of Monmouth Court House (noun)
    1. 1778 a pitched battle in New Jersey during the American Revolution that ended with the withdrawal of British forces
  • Central Criminal Court, the
    1. the official name of the OLD BAILEY, the most important criminal court in the UK
  • Commercial Court, the
    1. a British court of law for cases relating to companies and banks. It decides whether they can move goods to particular places, join with other businesses, get the right to use a particular name, provide different services etc.
  • Court of Appeal (noun)
    1. the highest law court in Britain apart from the HOUSE OF LORDS
  • Court of Appeals (noun)
    1. one of 12 law courts in the US that deals with cases when people are not satisfied with the judgment given by a lower court [↪  appellate court]
  • Court of Saint James's (noun)
    1. the British royal court
  • Court of Session, the
    1. the most important CIVIL court of law in the Scottish legal system
  • Court of St James, the
    1. one of the old names of the official home of the British king or queen. Formally, an AMBASSADOR (= the official representative of a country) who is sent to the UK from a foreign country is called the 'Ambassador to the Court of St James'.
  • Crown Court (noun)
    1. a court of law in Britain that deals with serious criminal cases and is higher than a Magistrates' Court
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