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court

/ court /
noun/verb

Definitions & Examples

noun Sense 1
respectful deference
"pay court to the emperor"
Type of:
deference respect
Derived:
woo
verb Sense 2
engage in social activities leading to marriage
"We were courting for over ten years"
Type of:
act move
Derived:
courtship wooing courting suit
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s something with something
noun Sense 3
Australian woman tennis player who won many major championships (born in 1947)
Type of:
tennis player
noun Sense 4
an assembly (including one or more judges) to conduct judicial business
Type of:
assembly
Kinds of:
International Court of Justice World Court appellate court appeals court court of appeals
noun Sense 5
the family and retinue of a sovereign or prince
Type of:
cortege retinue suite
noun Sense 6
the sovereign and his advisers who are the governing power of a state
Type of:
government authorities regime
Kinds of:
Court of Saint James's Porte Sublime Porte
noun Sense 7
the residence of a sovereign or nobleman
"the king will visit the duke''s court"
Type of:
residence
noun Sense 8
a room in which a law court sits
"television cameras were admitted in the courtroom"
Type of:
room
Has parts:
courthouse
Domain:
law jurisprudence
noun Sense 9
a specially marked area within which a game is played
"players had to reserve a court in advance"
Type of:
playing field athletic field playing area
Kinds of:
badminton court basketball court handball court squash court tennis court
noun Sense 10
a yard wholly or partly surrounded by walls or buildings
"the house was built around an inner court"
Type of:
yard grounds curtilage
Kinds of:
atrium bailey cloister forecourt parvis
Has parts:
building edifice
verb Sense 11
make amorous advances towards
"John is courting Mary"
Type of:
act move
Kinds of:
chase chase after display
Derived:
love story romance love affair courtship wooing
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s something with something
verb Sense 12
seek someone''s favor
"China is wooing Russia"
Derived:
homage suitor suer wooer
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
Somebody ----s something with something
Somebody ----s on something
Somebody ----s somebody PP
noun Sense 13
a hotel for motorists; provides direct access from rooms to parking area
Type of:
hotel
Kinds of:
motel
Semantic Complexity
100%
Sense Count
13
Total Synonyms
0
Total Relationships
62
Times Searched
3
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deference respect act move tennis player assembly International Court of Justice World Court appellate court appeals court court of appeals cortege