Definitions for Court

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Court court

Spelling: [kawrt, kohrt]

IPA: /kɔrt, koʊrt/

Court is a 5 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 7 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 9 points.

You can make 56 anagrams from letters in Court (cortu).

Definitions for Court

noun

1. Law. a place where justice is administered. a judicial tribunal duly constituted for the hearing and determination of cases. a session of a judicial assembly.
2. an area open to the sky and mostly or entirely surrounded by buildings, walls, etc.
3. a high interior usually having a glass roof and surrounded by several stories of galleries or the like.
4. Chiefly Irish. a stately dwelling.
5. a short street.
6. a smooth, level quadrangle on which to play tennis, basketball, etc.
7. one of the divisions of such an area.
8. the residence of a sovereign or other high dignitary; palace.
9. a sovereign's or dignitary's retinue.
10. a sovereign and councilors as the political rulers of a state.
11. a formal assembly held by a sovereign.
12. homage paid, as to a king.
13. special or devoted attention in order to win favor, affection, etc.:
14. the body of qualified members of a corporation, council, board, etc.
15. a branch or lodge of a fraternal society.
16. Animal Behavior. an area where animals of a particular species gather to display. the group of insects, as honeybees, surrounding the queen; retinue.
17. Margaret Smith, born 1942, Australian tennis player.

Idioms

1. hold court, to have a formal assembly of a judicial tribunal or one held by a sovereign. to be surrounded by one's disciples or admirers, giving advice, exchanging gossip, receiving compliments, etc.
2. out of court, without a legal hearing; privately: out of the question; undeserving of discussion:

verb (used with object)

1. to try to win the favor, preference, or goodwill of:
2. to seek the affections of; woo.
3. (of animals) to attempt to attract (a mate) by engaging in certain species-specific behaviors.
4. to attempt to gain (applause, favor, a decision, etc.).
5. to hold out inducements to; invite.
6. to act in such a manner as to cause, lead to, or provoke:

verb (used without object)

1. to seek another's love; woo.
2. (of animals) to engage in certain species-specific behaviors in order to attract individuals of the opposite sex for mating.

Origin of Court

1125-75; Middle English co(u)rt Anglo-French, Old French Latin cohort- (stem of cohors) farmyard; see cohort

Examples for Court

Yes, Stephen himself it was, who had quietly walked into the court.

He added: “People say he deserves his day in court… Do we have enough time?”

The court ruled she lacked the maturity to make her own medical decisions.

“He turned pale, trembled to a great degree, was much agitated, and began to cry,” she told the court.

Unless there is a court decision that changes our law, we are OK.

The narrative was broken off short by a cry of jubilee in the court.

Nor is there in this view any assault upon the court or the judges.

You can still get your license at the court—just not actually get married there.

She demands justice—strange as that may seem, in a court of law!

If this be the test, I am willing to be tried with Hipparete at the court of the Muses.