court
court is a 5-letter English word with 31 senses as noun, transitive verb, intransitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: 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. Face value is 7 in Scrabble and 9 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
Definitions
- noun. 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.
- noun. The residence of a sovereign, prince, nobleman, or ether dignitary; a palace.
- noun. 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.
- noun. Any formal assembling of the retinue of a sovereign; as, to hold a court.
- noun. Attention directed to a person in power; conduct or address designed to gain favor; courtliness of manners; civility; compliment; flattery.
- noun. The hall, chamber, or place, where justice is administered.
- noun. 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.
- noun. A tribunal established for the administration of justice.
- noun. The judge or judges; as distinguished from the counsel or jury, or both.
- noun. The session of a judicial assembly.
- noun. Any jurisdiction, civil, military, or ecclesiastical.
- noun. A place arranged for playing the game of tennis; also, one of the divisions of a tennis court.
- transitive verb. To endeavor to gain the favor of by attention or flattery; to try to ingratiate one's self with.
- transitive verb. To endeavor to gain the affections of; to seek in marriage; to woo.
- transitive verb. To attempt to gain; to solicit; to seek.
- transitive verb. To invite by attractions; to allure; to attract.
- intransitive verb. To play the lover; to woo; as, to go courting.
- noun. respectful deference
"pay court to the emperor"
- noun. an area wholly or partly surrounded by walls or buildings
"the house was built around an inner court"
- noun. a specially marked horizontal area within which a game is played
"players had to reserve a court in advance"
- noun. a room in which a lawcourt sits
"television cameras were admitted in the courtroom"
- noun. the residence of a sovereign or nobleman
"the king will visit the duke's court"
- noun. a tribunal that is presided over by a magistrate or by one or more judges who administer justice according to the laws
- noun. a hotel for motorists; provides direct access from rooms to parking area
- noun. the sovereign and his advisers who are the governing power of a state
- noun. the family and retinue of a sovereign or prince
- noun. an assembly (including one or more judges) to conduct judicial business
- noun. Australian woman tennis player who won many major championships (born in 1947)
- verb. make amorous advances towards
"John is courting Mary"
- verb. engage in social activities leading to marriage
"We were courting for over ten years"
- verb. seek someone's favor
"China is wooing Russia"
Synonyms
homage, courtyard, courtroom, lawcourt, judicature, tribunal, romance, solicit, woo
Anagrams
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Common word forms
courts, courtal, courted, courter, courtly, courting, courtless
Words from these letters
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