Definitions of court [ɔrt, koʊrt]

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Definition of 'court'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (n.) court
a place where legal justice is administered.

2.  court
a judicial tribunal duly constituted for the hearing and determination of cases.

3.  court
a session of a judicial assembly.

4.  court
an area open to the sky and mostly or entirely surrounded by buildings, walls, etc.

5.  court
a high interior usu. having a glass roof and surrounded by several stories of galleries or the like.

6.  court
Chiefly Irish. a stately dwelling.

7.  court
a short street.

8.  court
a smooth, level quadrangle on which to play tennis, basketball, etc.

9.  court
one of the divisions of such an area.

10.  court
the residence of a sovereign or other high dignitary; palace.

11.  court
a sovereign's or dignitary's retinue.

12.  court
a sovereign and councilors as the political rulers of a state.

13.  court
a formal assembly held by a sovereign.

14.  court
devoted attention in order to win favor; homage:
to pay court to a beloved.

15.  court
a branch or lodge of a fraternal society.

16.  court
the group of insects, as honeybees, surrounding the queen; retinue.

17. (v.t.) court
to try to win the favor or goodwill of:
to court the rich.

18.  court
to seek the affections of; woo.

19.  court
(of animals) to attempt to attract (a mate) by engaging in certain species-specific behaviors.

20.  court
to attempt to gain (applause, favor, etc.).

21.  court
to hold out inducements to; invite.

22.  court
to act so as to cause, lead to, or provoke:
to court disaster.

23. (v.i.) court
to seek another's love; woo.

24.  court
(of animals) to attempt to attract individuals of the opposite sex for mating.

25.  court
to act as the center of attention for one's admirers.

26.  court
without a legal hearing; privately:
The case will be settled out of court.

Etymology: (1125–75; ME co(u)rt < AF, OF < L cohortem, acc. of cohors farmyard; see cohort)

Definition of 'court'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (noun) court, tribunal, judicature
an assembly (including one or more judges) to conduct judicial business

2. (noun) court, courtroom
a room in which a lawcourt sits
"television cameras were admitted in the courtroom"

3. (noun) court, royal court
the sovereign and his advisers who are the governing power of a state

4. (noun) court
a specially marked horizontal area within which a game is played
"players had to reserve a court in advance"

5. (noun) Court, Margaret Court
Australian woman tennis player who won many major championships (born in 1947)

6. (noun) court, royal court
the family and retinue of a sovereign or prince

7. (noun) motor hotel, motor inn, motor lodge, tourist court, court
a hotel for motorists; provides direct access from rooms to parking area

8. (noun) court, lawcourt, court of law, court of justice
a tribunal that is presided over by a magistrate or by one or more judges who administer justice according to the laws

9. (noun) court
the residence of a sovereign or nobleman
"the king will visit the duke's court"

10. (noun) court, courtyard
an area wholly or partly surrounded by walls or buildings
"the house was built around an inner court"

11. (verb) court, homage
respectful deference
"pay court to the emperor"

12. (verb) woo, court, romance, solicit
make amorous advances towards
"John is courting Mary"

13. (verb) woo, court
seek someone's favor
"China is wooing Russia"

14. (verb) court
engage in social activities leading to marriage
"We were courting for over ten years"

Definition of 'court'

Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary

1. (noun) court
a place where legal trials are held
courts overwhelmed with cases; He's appearing in court today.; a court case

2. court
take sb to court
to start legal action against sb
We took our landlord to court.

3. court
a sports playing area
a tennis/basketball court

Definition of 'court'

Webster Dictionary

1. (noun) court
an inclosed space; a courtyard; an uncovered area shut in by the walls of a building, or by different building; also, a space opening from a street and nearly surrounded by houses; a blind alley

2. (noun) court
the residence of a sovereign, prince, nobleman, or ether dignitary; a palace

3. (noun) court
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

4. (noun) court
any formal assembling of the retinue of a sovereign; as, to hold a court

5. (noun) court
attention directed to a person in power; conduct or address designed to gain favor; courtliness of manners; civility; compliment; flattery

6. (noun) court
the hall, chamber, or place, where justice is administered

7. (noun) court
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 causes

8. (noun) court
a tribunal established for the administration of justice

9. (noun) court
the judge or judges; as distinguished from the counsel or jury, or both

10. (noun) court
the session of a judicial assembly

11. (noun) court
any jurisdiction, civil, military, or ecclesiastical

12. (noun) court
a place arranged for playing the game of tennis; also, one of the divisions of a tennis court

13. (verb) court
to endeavor to gain the favor of by attention or flattery; to try to ingratiate one's self with

14. (verb) court
to endeavor to gain the affections of; to seek in marriage; to woo

15. (verb) court
to attempt to gain; to solicit; to seek

16. (verb) court
to invite by attractions; to allure; to attract

17. (verb) court
to play the lover; to woo; as, to go courting

Translation of 'court'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: a place where legal cases are heard a magistrates' court; the High Court.
Afrikaans: hof, geregshof	Arabic: دار المحكمـه	Bulgarian: съд
Brazilian: tribunal	Czech: soud	German: das Gericht
Danish: ret; domstol	Greek: δικαστήριο (ο χώρος)	Spanish: juzgado
Estonian: kohtukoda	Farsi: دادگاه	Finnish: tuomioistuin
French: tribunal	Hebrew: בֵּית מִשפָּט	Hindi: अदालत
Croatian: sud	Hungarian: bíróság	Indonesian: pengadilan
Icelandic: réttur	Italian: corte, tribunale	Japanese: 法廷
Korean: 법정	Lithuanian: teismas	Latvian: tiesa; tiesas zāle
Malay: mahkamah	Dutch: gerechtshof	Norwegian: rettslokale, tinghus, dom
Polish: sąd	Persian: دادگاه	Pashto: قضاء
Portuguese: tribunal	Romanian: curte, tribunal	Russian: суд
Slovak: súd, súdna sieň, pojednáv	Slovenian: sodišče	Serbian: sud
Swedish: domstol, rätt	Thai: ศาล	Turkish: mahkeme
Taiwanese: 法院	Ukrainian: суд	Urdu: كچ‍ہ‍ری، عدالت
Vietnamese: tòa án	Chinese: 法院
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