ALL meanings of court
court
C c - countable noun court A court is a place where legal matters are decided by a judge and jury or by a magistrate. 3
- countable noun court You can refer to the people in a court, especially the judge, jury, or magistrates, as a court. 3
- countable noun court A court is an area in which you play a game such as tennis, basketball, badminton, or squash. 3
- countable noun court The court of a king or queen is the place where he or she lives and carries out ceremonial or administrative duties. 3
- noun court In Britain, Court is used in the names of large houses and blocks of flats. 3
- verb court To court a particular person, group, or country means to try to please them or improve your relations with them, often so that they will do something that you want them to do. 3
- verb court If you court something such as publicity or popularity, you try to attract it. 3
- verb court If you court something unpleasant such as disaster or unpopularity, you act in a way that makes it likely to happen. 3
- reciprocal verb court If you are courting someone of the opposite sex, you spend a lot of time with them, because you are intending to get married. You can also say that a man and a woman are courting. 3
- noun court an area of ground wholly or partly surrounded by walls or buildings 3
- noun court a block of flats 3
- noun court a mansion or country house 3
- noun court a short street, sometimes closed at one end 3
- noun court a space inside a building, sometimes surrounded with galleries 3
- noun court the residence, retinues, or household of a sovereign or nobleman 3
- noun court (as modifier) 3
- noun court a sovereign or prince and his retinue, advisers, etc 3
- noun court any formal assembly, reception, etc, held by a sovereign or nobleman with his courtiers 3
- noun court homage, flattering attention, or amorous approaches (esp in the phrase pay court to someone) 3
- noun court an authority having power to adjudicate in civil, criminal, military, or ecclesiastical matters 3
- noun court the regular sitting of such a judicial authority 3
- noun court the room or building in which such a tribunal sits 3
- noun court a marked outdoor or enclosed area used for any of various ball games, such as tennis, squash, etc 3
- noun court a marked section of such an area 3
- noun court the board of directors or council of a corporation, company, etc 3
- noun court the supreme council of some universities 3
- noun court a branch of any of several friendly societies 3
- verb court to attempt to gain the love of (someone); woo 3
- verb court to pay attention to (someone) in order to gain favour 3
- verb court to try to obtain (fame, honour, etc) 3
- verb court to invite, usually foolishly, as by taking risks 3
- verb court to be conducting a serious emotional relationship usually leading to marriage 3
- noun court Margaret (née Smith). born 1942, Australian tennis player, winner of a record 24 Grand Slam singles titles: Australian Open champion 1960–66, 1969–71, and 1973; US Open champion 1962, 1965, 1969–70, and 1973; Wimbledon champion 1963, 1965, and 1970; French Open champion 1962, 1965, 1969–70, and 1973 3
- noun court an uncovered space wholly or partly surrounded by buildings or walls; courtyard 3
- noun court a special section or area of a building, as a museum, somewhat like such a space but roofed, as with a skylight 3
- noun court a short street, often closed at one end 3
- noun court a specially prepared space, usually quadrangular and often enclosed and roofed, for playing any of several games, as basketball, handball, tennis, or squash 3
- noun court any of the divisions of such a space 3
- noun court a mansion or manor with a large, uncovered entrance area 3
- noun court a motel 3
- noun court the palace of a sovereign 3
- noun court the family, advisors, and attendants of a sovereign, considered as a group 3
- noun court a sovereign together with councilors, ministers, etc. as a governing body 3
- noun court any formal gathering, reception, etc. held by a sovereign 3
- noun court respectful or flattering attention paid to someone in order to get something 3
- noun court courtship; wooing 3
- noun court the board of directors of a corporation 3
- noun court a person or persons appointed to try law cases, make investigations, etc.; judge or judges; law court 3
- noun court a building or hall where trials are held, official investigations made, etc. 3
- noun court a judicial assembly, whether civil, ecclesiastical, or military; also, a regular session of such an assembly 3