courtnoun
uk/kɔːt//kɔːrt/court noun (LAW)
B2 [ C usually singular, U ] a place where trials and other legal cases happen, or the people present in such a place, especially the officials and those deciding if someone is guilty:
to take legal action against someone:
to solve a legal disagreement without taking legal action:
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- What the witness said in court was not consistent with the statement he made to the police.
- The members of the jury left the court with a police escort.
- He arrived in court handcuffed to two police officers.
- The court awarded the women $100,000 each to recompense them for nine years of lost wages.
- They chose a famous barrister to represent them in court.
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Law courts
- appellate
- before
- bench
- chamber
- circuit court
- Circuit Court of Appeals
- courtroom
- criminal court
- Crown Court
- dock
- High Court
- High Court of Australia
- jury box
- justice
- kangaroo court
- small claims court
- stand
- the Inns of Court
- venue
- witness box
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court noun (SPORT)
B1 [ C ] an area drawn out on the ground that is used for playing sports such as tennis and basketball:
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- We have squash courts available at work.
- When she walked onto court for the final, the crowd went wild.
- A new basketball court has been built in the park.
- Once on the badminton court, she becomes really aggressive.
- I'll meet you at the tennis courts.
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Surfaces on which sports take place
- 18-yard box
- AstroTurf
- bench
- course
- D, d
- dry slope
- far post
- field
- goalmouth
- goalpost
- golf course
- groundsman
- penalty area
- penalty spot
- pitch
- stretch
- touch
- touchline
- track
- unplayable
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court noun (OPEN AREA)
[ C ] mainly UK an area or a short road that is not covered by a roof and is mostly or completely surrounded by buildings:
used in the names of some roads, and buildings containing apartments
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Gardens & yards
- allotment
- arboretum
- backyard
- barnyard
- boatyard
- cloister
- cloistered
- compound
- courtyard
- farmyard
- forecourt
- formal
- formally
- garden
- ground
- junkyard
- precinct
- quad
- roof garden
- yard
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court noun (ROYALTY)
[ C or U ] the official home of a queen or king:
[ S, + sing/pl verb ] the important people who live in the official home of a queen or king or who work for or advise them
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Royalty, aristocracy & titles
- accession
- archduke
- aristocracy
- aristocrat
- baron
- ennoble
- er
- esquire
- grace
- hereditary peer
- monarchist
- Mr
- Mrs
- nobility
- noble
- sheikh
- sire
- sovereign
- squire
- sultan
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courtverb
uk/kɔːt//kɔːrt/court verb (PLEASE)
[ T ] to try to please someone because you want them to join you:
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Relationships: finding a partner
- a heavy date idiom
- be on the pull idiom
- chase
- computer dating
- courtship
- go back to sb
- hook up
- internet dating
- lonely
- lonely hearts idiom
- lucky
- match
- online dating
- pin
- pursue
- single
- singles bar
- speed dating
- together
- woo
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court verb (TRY TO GET)
[ T ] to try to get something, especially attention or support from other people:
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Searching
- a needle in a haystack idiom
- beachcomber
- bounty hunter
- burrow
- cast around
- dig
- drag
- nose
- once-over
- pick
- pick through sth
- poke
- poke around
- seek
- shake
- strip search
- turn a place inside out idiom
- turn sth upside down idiom
- wanted
- wild-goose chase
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court verb (RISK)
[ T ] to risk something unpleasant, especially by behaving stupidly or carelessly:
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Taking risks
- a drowning man will clutch at a straw idiom
- a leap in the dark idiom
- adventurer
- ante
- be skating on thin ice idiom
- dare
- expose
- go for broke idiom
- have/put your head on the block idiom
- hazard
- imperil
- jeopardize
- lay
- risk
- run the risk of doing sth idiom
- sail
- sail close to the wind idiom
- skate
- stick (sth) out
- stick your neck out idiom
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court verb (HAVE A RELATIONSHIP)
[ I or T ] old-fashioned to have a romantic relationship with someone that you hope to marry:
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Relationships: finding a partner
- a heavy date idiom
- be on the pull idiom
- chase
- computer dating
- courtship
- go back to sb
- hook up
- internet dating
- lonely
- lonely hearts idiom
- lucky
- match
- online dating
- pin
- pursue
- single
- singles bar
- speed dating
- together
- woo
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