court
IPA: kˈɔrt
noun
- 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.
- (Australia, US) A street with no outlet, a cul-de-sac.
- (Hong Kong, only used in names) A housing estate under the House Ownership Scheme.
- (Hong Kong, only used in names) An apartment building, or a small development of several apartment buildings.
- (social) Royal society.
- The residence of a sovereign, prince, nobleman, or other dignitary; a palace.
- The collective body of persons composing the retinue of a sovereign or person high in authority; all the surroundings of a sovereign in his regal state.
- Any formal assembling of the retinue of a sovereign.
- Attention directed to a person in power; behaviour designed to gain favor; politeness of manner; civility towards someone
- (law) The administration of law.
- The hall, chamber, or place, where justice is administered.
- The persons officially assembled under authority of law, at the appropriate time and place, for the administration of justice; an official assembly, legally met together for the transaction of judicial business; a judge or judges sitting for the hearing or trial of cases.
- An organization for the administration of law, consisting of a body of judges with a certain jurisdiction along with its administrative apparatus.
- (often capitalized) The judge or judges or other judicial officer presiding in a particular matter, particularly as distinguished from the counsel or jury, or both.
- The session of a judicial assembly.
- Any jurisdiction, civil, military, or ecclesiastical.
- (sports) A place arranged for playing the games of tennis, basketball, handball, badminton, volleyball, squash and some other games
- one of the two divisions of a tennis, badminton or volleyball court, in which the player or players of each team play
- (ornithology) A space prepared and decorated by certain bird species in which to advertise themselves for a mate.
- A surname from Middle English for someone who worked or lived in a court.
- A municipality in Bern canton, Switzerland.
verb
- (transitive) To seek to achieve or win.
- (transitive) To risk (a consequence, usually negative).
- (transitive) To try to win a commitment to marry from.
- (transitive) To engage in behavior leading to mating.
- (transitive) To attempt to attract.
- (transitive) To invite by attractions; to allure; to attract.
- (transitive) To attempt to gain alliance with.
- (intransitive) To engage in activities intended to win someone's affections.
- (intransitive) To engage in courtship behavior.
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Examples of "court" in Sentences
- The Federal Court upheld the detention.
- The court used the term co operative federalism.
- The court decided that the operation would be lawful.
- The Chancery court was the common law court in equity.
- The adequacy of an EIS can be challenged in federal court.
- It is accurate and descriptive of the actions of the Court.
- The next court action in a misdemeanor case is the arraignment.
- In federal court, judgments on appeal are given preclusive effect.
- The court must refer the law against racism to the Court of Arbitration.
- The court of Chancery never claimed to override the courts of common law.