Definition of court

"court" in the noun sense

1. court, tribunal, judicature

an assembly (including one or more judges) to conduct judicial business

2. court, courtroom

a room in which a lawcourt sits

"television cameras were admitted in the courtroom"

3. court, royal court

the sovereign and his advisers who are the governing power of a state

4. court

a specially marked horizontal area within which a game is played

"players had to reserve a court in advance"

5. Court, Margaret Court

Australian woman tennis player who won many major championships (born in 1947)

6. court, royal court

the family and retinue of a sovereign or prince

7. motor hotel, motor inn, motor lodge, tourist court, court

a hotel for motorists provides direct access from rooms to parking area

8. court, lawcourt, court of law, law court, court of justice

a tribunal that is presided over by a magistrate or by one or more judges who administer justice according to the laws

9. court

the residence of a sovereign or nobleman

"the king will visit the duke's court"

10. court, courtyard

an area wholly or partly surrounded by walls or buildings

"the house was built around an inner court"

11. court, homage

respectful deference

"pay court to the emperor"

"court" in the verb sense

1. woo, court, romance, solicit

make amorous advances towards

"John is courting Mary"

2. woo, court

seek someone's favor

"China is wooing Russia"

3. court

engage in social activities leading to marriage

"We were courting for over ten years"

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Quotations for court

The court hath no almanack. [ English Proverb, collected by George Herbert ]

Intrigue is a court distemper. [ Mme. Deluzy ]

Far from court, far from care. [ Proverb ]

Power seldom grows old at Court. [ English Proverb, collected by George Herbert ]

At court, every one for himself. [ Proverb ]

It is good to have friends at court. [ Charles Lamb ]

Follow a shadow, it still flies you.
Seem to fly it, it will pursue:
So court a mistress, she denies you;
Let her alone, she will court you.
Say are not women truly then,
Styled but the shadows of us men? [ Ben Jonson ]

A place at court is a continual bribe. [ Proverb ]

Dover-court, all speakers and no hearers. [ Proverb ]

He that wrongs his friend
Wrongs himself more, and ever bears about
A silent court of justice in his breast,
Himself the judge and jury, and himself
The prisoner at the bar, ever condemned. [ Alfred Tennyson ]

A friend in court makes the process short. [ Proverb ]

Modesty ruins all that brings it to court. [ Proverb ]

Love rules the camp, the court, the grove,
And men below and saints above;
For love is heaven, and heaven is love. [ Scott ]

So many men in court and so many strangers. [ English Proverb, collected by George Herbert ]

A mere scholar at court is an ass among apes. [ Proverb ]

To grow old at court, and die in the hospital. [ Proverb ]

It is always term time in the court of conscience. [ Proverb ]

A friend in court is as good as a penny in pocket. [ Proverb ]

That place that does contain
My books, the best companions, is to me
A glorious court, where hourly I converse
With the old sages and philosophers;
And sometimes, for variety, I confer
With kings and emperors, and weigh their counsels;
Calling their victories, if unjustly got,
Unto a strict account, and, in my fancy,
Deface their ill-placed statues. [ Beaumont and Fletcher ]

A modest man at court is the silliest wight breathing. [ Proverb ]

Gallantry thrives most in the atmosphere of the court. [ Mme. Necker ]

If virtue keep court within, honour will attend without. [ Proverb ]

There are three ways,—the universities, the sea the court. [ English Proverb, collected by George Herbert ]

A petitioner at court that spares his purse, angles without a bait. [ Proverb ]

You may go to the court. A writ to remove a case to a higher court. [ Law Term ]

When I wanted an honest man, I never thought to go to court for him. [ Proverb ]

Court a mistress, she denies you; let her alone, she will court you. [ Ben Jonson ]

If an ass kick you, will you kick him again, or put him into the court? [ Proverb ]

A man who stole the livery of the court of heaven to serve the devil in. [ Pollok ]

A man defines his standing at the court of chastity by his views of women. [ Alcott ]

A royal court without women is like a year without spring, a spring without flowers. [ Francis I. of France ]

Certain trifling flaws sit as disgracefully on a character of elegance as a ragged button on a court dress. [ Lavater ]

Come forward, some great marshal, and organize equality in society, and your rod shall swallow up all the juggling old court gold-sticks. [ Thackeray ]

Heaven is the day of which grace is the dawn; the rich, ripe fruit of which grace is the lovely flower; the inner shrine of that most glorious temple to which grace forms the approach and outer court. [ Rev. Dr. Guthrie ]

There are no persons more solicitous about the preservation of rank than those who have no rank at all. Observe the humors of a country christening, and you will find no court in Christendom so ceremonious as the quality of Brentford. [ Shenstone ]

There are so many things to lower a man's top-sails - he is such a dependent creature - he is to pay such court to his stomach, his food, his sleep, his exercise - that, in truth, a hero is an idle word. Man seems formed to be a hero in suffering, not a hero in action. Men err in nothing more than in the estimate which they make of human labor. [ Cecil ]

Partially or Partly? The use of the adverb partially for partly, although it has the sanction of Webster, is obviously incorrect. The case in court has been partially heard. This is a common expression, the intended meaning of which is, that the case has been heard in part, or partly heard. Partially heard, denotes that it was heard in a biased or prejudiced manner. [ Pure English, Hackett And Girvin, 1884 ]

The blindness of bigotry, the madness of ambition, and the miscalculations of diplomacy seek their victims principally amongst the innocent and the unoffending. The cottage is sure to suffer for every error of the court, the cabinet, or the camp. When error sits in the seat of power and of authority, and is generated in high places, it may be compared to that torrent which originates indeed in the mountain, but commits its devastation in the vale. [ Colton ]

court in Scrabble®

The word court is playable in Scrabble®, no blanks required.

Scrabble® Letter Score: 7

Highest Scoring Scrabble® Play In The Letters court:

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court in Words With Friends™

The word court is playable in Words With Friends™, no blanks required.

Words With Friends™ Letter Score: 9

Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Play In The Letters court:

COURT
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Words within the letters of court

2 letter words in court (2 words)

3 letter words in court (7 words)

4 letter words in court (3 words)

5 letter words in court (1 word)

court + 1 blank (4 words)

Word Growth involving court

Shorter words in court

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Longer words containing court

backcourt backcourtman

backcourt backcourtmen

backcourt backcourts

courted uncourted

courteous courteously discourteously

courteous courteously uncourteously

courteous courteousness uncourteousness

courteous discourteous discourteously

courteous uncourteous uncourteously

courteous uncourteous uncourteousness

courtesan courtesans

courtesies uncourtesies

courtesy discourtesy

courtesy uncourtesy

courthouse courthouses

courtier courtiers

courtier uncourtierlike

courting

courtlier

courtliest

courtliness

courtly uncourtly

courtmartial courtmartialed

courtmartial courtmartialing

courtmartial courtmartialled

courtmartial courtmartialling

courtmartial courtmartials

courtroom courtrooms

courts backcourts

courts courtship courtships

courts courtside courtsides

courts lawcourts

courtyard courtyards

forecourt

lawcourt lawcourts

uncourtlike