COURT
Definition:
- [noun] an assembly (including one or more judges) to conduct judicial business
Synonyms: tribunal, judicature
- [noun] the sovereign and his advisers who are the governing power of a state
Synonyms: royal
- [noun] a specially marked area within which a game is played; "players had to reserve a court in advance"
- [noun] a room in which a law court sits; "television cameras were admitted in the courtroom"
Synonyms: room
- [noun] a yard wholly or partly surrounded by walls or buildings; "the house was built around an inner court"
Synonyms: yard
- [noun] the residence of a sovereign or nobleman; "the king will visit the duke's court"
- [noun] the family and retinue of a sovereign or prince
Synonyms: royal
- [noun] a hotel for motorists; provides direct access from rooms to parking area
Synonyms: motor hotel, motor inn, motor lodge, tourist
- [noun] Australian woman tennis player who won many major championships (born in 1947)
Synonyms: Court, Margaret Court
- [noun] respectful deference; "pay court to the emperor"
Synonyms: homage
- [verb] make amorous advances towards; "John is courting Mary"
Synonyms: woo, romance, solicit
- [verb] seek someone's favor; "China is wooing Russia"
Synonyms: woo
- [verb] engage in social activities leading to marriage; "We were courting for over ten years"
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Related Words:
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chase, chase after
- display
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International Court of Justice, World Court
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appellate court, appeals court, court of appeals
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assizes, court of assize, court of assize and nisi prius
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chancery, court of chancery
- consistory
- criminal court
- divorce court
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family court, domestic relations court, court of domestic relations
- federal court
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Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court, F.I.S.C.
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inferior court, lower court
- Inquisition
- juvenile court
- kangaroo court
- military court
- moot court
- police court
- probate court
- quarter sessions
- Rota
- Star Chamber
- superior court
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supreme court, state supreme court, high court
- traffic court
- trial court
- Court of Saint James's
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Porte, Sublime Porte
- badminton court
- basketball court
- handball court
- squash court
- tennis court
- volleyball court
- atrium
- bailey
- cloister
- forecourt
- parvis
- motel