court
an assembly (including one or more judges) to conduct judicial business
How often you will meet it
Rank 640 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 29,835 times across 155,139 chapters — 0.014% of every word in the library.
It belongs to the first 1,000 words, the band worth learning before any other.
What it means
noun
- an assembly (including one or more judges) to conduct judicial business also: tribunal, judicature
- a room in which a lawcourt sits also: courtroom television cameras were admitted in the courtroom
- the sovereign and his advisers who are the governing power of a state also: royal court
- a specially marked horizontal area within which a game is played players had to reserve a court in advance
- Australian woman tennis player who won many major championships (born in 1947) also: Margaret Court
- the family and retinue of a sovereign or prince also: royal court
court in real books
Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.
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When poor Southwark got into the divorce court, their indignation was quite magnificent.
The Picture of Dorian Gray · Oscar Wilde · Chapter 1
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Their country-place, Styles Court, had been purchased by Mr. Cavendish early in their married life.
The Mysterious Affair at Styles · Agatha Christie · Chapter 1
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He drew the curtain farther back and gazed across the court at the room where his grandfather lay dead.
The Abandoned Room · Wadsworth Camp · Chapter 1
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If the buttery-hatch at court stood continually open, there would be nothing so passionate crowding, nor hot suit after the beverage.
The White Devil · John Webster · Chapter 1
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The judge was killed in the court house, and Julian, heavily armed, made his escape to the swamps near the city.
The Red Record Tabulated Statistics · Ida B. Wells-Barnett · Chapter 1