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court
I. \ˈkō(ə) r]t, -ȯ(ə)r]t, -ōə]t, -ȯ(ə)]t, usu ]d.+V\ noun
(-s)
Etymology: Middle English, from Old French, from Latin cohort-, cohors enclosure, court, thing enclosed, crowd, from co- + -hort-, -hors (akin to Latin hortus garden) — more at yard
1.
a. : the residence or establishment of a sovereign or similar dignitary and his retinue : the meeting place of a sovereign and his retinue, officers, or councillors
< riding to the king's court >
b. : a sovereign's formal assembly of his councillors and officers for administrative deliberation
< faced with these difficulties the king held a general court >
c. : the sovereign and his officers and advisers as constituting the governing power
< the court has decided against the alliance >
d. : the family, officers, councillors, attendants, and retinue of a sovereign
< the court were enjoying the tournaments >
: the structure of social life revolving around a sovereign
< the gaiety of the court >
e. : an assembly held by a sovereign for diplomatic or social purposes : a state reception
< the court was held on Thursday >
< being presented at court was the culmination of her social career >
f.
(1) : an assembly of one given the title of sovereign and his or her attendants
< the May queen and her court >
(2) : a session in which one honored or prominent receives, is visited by, or talks freely with those seeking him out
< the old coach holding court in the locker room after the game >
2.
a. : a manor house, castle, or large building or group of buildings surrounded by its usually enclosed grounds — now usually used in the names of buildings or manors
< Hampton Court >
b. : a group of cottages or cabins often in a formal arrangement : motel
c. : an open space enclosed wholly or partly by buildings, walls, or fences : yard; sometimes : an open area circumscribed on all sides by a single building
< the court at the center of the palace >
d. : a quadrangular space either walled or marked off for playing one of various games with a ball (as lawn tennis, racquets, handball, or basketball); also : a division marked off in such a court
< a service court >
< the back court >
e. : an open area about a Jewish tabernacle or sanctuary
f. : an often paved yard opening off a street and built around with houses : a wide alley with only one opening onto a street
g. : a section of an exhibition or museum devoted to a particular exhibit or group of exhibits
h. : a place on or within a plant that provides circumstances suitable for some biological process (as infection or decay) to get a start
3.
a. : the persons duly assembled under authority of law 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
b. : a session of such a court
< court is now adjourned >
c. : a chamber, hall, building, or other place for the administration of justice
< not enough seats in the court to accommodate the crowd >
d. : a judge or judges in session viewed as individual persons
< restoratives were applied and the court was able to gasp “twenty dollars” — D.D.Martin >
< the court was inconsistent in his rulings >
e. : a faculty or agency whereby judgement or evaluation is made
< condemned in the court of human reason — M.R.Cohen >
f. : a body of citizens convened to try a case
< condemned by the Athenian court >
g. : a body exercising the self-assigned role of judging and imposing punishments
< an investigating committee becoming a de facto court >
4.
a. : an assembly or board vested with legislative or administrative as well as judicial powers
< many county governing boards are called courts — J.E.Pate >
b. : parliament, legislature
< the laws enacted by the high court of the land >
< the Great and General Court of Massachusetts >
c. : a body of directors, managers, or delegates qualified to superintend the general affairs of an organization
< court of a university >
: a body exercising judicial powers over its members or the members of a body represented by it
< commissioner's court >
< an ecclesiastical court >
also : the assembly of such a body
5. : attentions:
a. : respectful deference : conduct or address calculated to win favor or dispel hostility : homage
< pay court to the king >
b. : attentions intended to attract affection : wooing devices and techniques
< to pay court to a wealthy widow >
6. : a local chapter or lodge of any of various organizations
7. [short for court shoe] Britain : pump III
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- in open court
- out of court
II. verb
(-ed/-ing/-s)
transitive verb
1.
a. : to seek to win, gain, or achieve
< court opportunity >
< court the favor of her professional associates — Tennessee Williams >
b.
(1) : to allure with attractions : invite, tempt, attract
< mountain streams courting the fishermen >
(2) : to act so as to invite, induce, call forth, or provoke
< courting a disastrous defeat >
< one courts derision by imitating a classic without improving it — D.S.Berkeley >
2.
a. : to seek the affections of : make love to : woo; specifically : to seek to marry
b. of an animal : to perform actions to attract for mating
< a male bird courting a female >
3.
a. : to seek to attract by paying court : serve with attentions and courtesies : treat with blandishments and flatteries
< young nobles courting the dowager queen >
b. : to seek the goodwill of : offer advantages and rewards to for support or alliance
< both candidates courting the independent voter >
intransitive verb
1. : to engage in social activities leading to engagement and marriage
< how the two met, how they courted, how they married — Quentin Reynolds >
2. of an animal : to engage in play, display, and similar activity leading to mating
< a pair of robins courting in the trees >
III. adjective
: of, relating to, or appropriate to a court: as
a. : of, relating to, appropriate to, or frequenting a royal court; sometimes : formal
< a court ball >
b. : of or appropriate to a legal court; sometimes : legalistic, formalistic
c. : of a court game (as basketball or tennis)
< a court star > |